I ordered a dozen or so electrical parts, and a shock, yesterday, and TODAY the parts arrived! amazing.
Bosch GP's are sure amazing! MUCH better quality than the local Champion plugs.
Now I gotta figure out where the flasher/turnsignal relay goes...
anybody got an idea where in the fuse box? 82 300SD thanks,
John

Phil does an excellent job. I am already on order #3 and I haven't even put 100 miles on my 190d! ha.

-Mike

The relay is located behind the instrument cluster on the SD. Once you remove the cluster, it may be behind a bundle of lines, and kind of tricky to get to.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I was really hoping the relay was behind the shifter like everyone on the search said... are you sure it's behind the instrument cluster?
John

vstech,

I didn't get my parts fast from Fastlane, it took a week. But that was all FedEx time since the parts were shipped from CA to PA. Didn't matter, though, nothing I needed in a hurry.

I got parts from EAS in less than 24 hours already but they were shipped form NJ to PA by UPS.

P E H

I got my Fastlane order this morning, within 24 hours of ordering yesterday.

The '82 Electrical Troubleshooting Manual says that the flasher is "in center console forward of shift lever." But it shows a picture of the "turn/hazard flasher" behind the instrument cluster.

Im 100% sure its behind the dash, thats where it was on my 83 SD when i changed it.

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Current:
05 E320 CDI
07 GL320 CDI
08 Sprinter
05 Dodge Cummins
01 Dodge Cummins

Previous
2004 E55 AMG
2002 C32 AMG (#2)
1995 E300
1978 300D
1987 300D
2002 C32 AMG(blown motor :[
1981 300SD
1983 300SD
1987 300SDL
2002 Jetta TDI
1996 S420
1995 S500
1993 190E 2.6
1992 190E 2.3
1985 190E 2.3 5-Speed

I ordered a lug wrench wednesday morning at 7:40 a.m., and it shows up here today, thursday at 4:45 p.m.

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"Garner"-1983 300D Turbo (285K)

Just a little bump for the man!
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

here too. i placed my order on sunday night, got it tues morning. amazing.

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1980 300D

My first order was delivered next day, NJ to MD. However my 2nd order had some special ordered stuff and was shipped from California. FedEx online showed delivery within a week....However due to a lazy FedEx driver and very unhelpful people from FedEX phone help desk, it took 2 extra days plus a weekend I could have used to install the parts. I emailed Phil about it, not complaining, but to give him a heads up about crappy FedEx service. He did take the time to reply to me though. THANKS PHIL!! I know from now on I'll only use UPS.

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'83 240D (for sale)
'84 Harley FXRT
'85 300CD Turbo (Sold)
'85 500SEC (for sale)
'04 Dodge Dakota Quad
'06 Harley FLHTCI
'97 SL320

I think it usually takes 3 days to get parts to CA. Sucks, sometimes I use a place located near here just to get the parts faster.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi