check the GP fuse (80A strip fuse) and the fuses in the fuse box -- I'd bet the 80A fuse just split and you now have no GPs or lamp as a result. Won't start, either....

The lack of an alternator lamp would likely be another fuse.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!