Just checked on my '75 W115. You pull the rear defroster switch out and the light in the middle comes on. The switch returns to the neutral position and the light stays on. If you push the switch in, it turns the defroster off. I think the defroster will also timeout. So it is a relay that provides the HOLD function, not the switch.

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Joe Myers

'83 300D (light blue)
'82 300TD (off white - parked)
'87 300SDL (silver)

'75 300D (black - sold)
'76 300D (beige - totaled by pizza delivery car)
'82 300D (metalic blue) sold

k maybe the relay is bad, because the light always goes off when it returns to the neutral position, so i have to hold it, or wedge something between it, for the defroster to stay on

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76 300D 108,110 miles
99 Saturn sl1 80,000 miles - moms
91 Grand Marquis 45,000 miles - Grandparents
97 Ford F150 - 16,000 miles - Grandparents
73 Ford Monarch (parked 65,000 miles - Grandparents

hmmmmmm I reallly love this car, but I've been thinking about this lately, it would rather be better suited for someone who could take better care of it, possibly restore it (more disposible income than I, still in high school, and just workin 30. hrs per week) and need a car that would be easier to take care of. just wondering, how much could i sell this car for????? ill list everything wrong with it

cons
no a/c-no belt, could be nonworking ac, havent checked it since I/ve had it
door lock system doesnt work
headliner loose in the back
driver side window gets stuck halfway

pro's
107,000 miles
shifts good (as good as the old merz gets)
no cracks in dash

stuff ive done
new transmission shifter bushings
cd player

any thoughts would be appreciated. btw i paid 700 for the car (got it from my vocation school)

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76 300D 108,110 miles
99 Saturn sl1 80,000 miles - moms
91 Grand Marquis 45,000 miles - Grandparents
97 Ford F150 - 16,000 miles - Grandparents
73 Ford Monarch (parked 65,000 miles - Grandparents

it might be worth a bit more than you paid for it.

condition is everything on an old car.

is there any rust or body damage?

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

as you can see from the pics, there are 2 dents in the hood, only rust on the car is slight rust on each side of the front, right above the tires

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76 300D 108,110 miles
99 Saturn sl1 80,000 miles - moms
91 Grand Marquis 45,000 miles - Grandparents
97 Ford F150 - 16,000 miles - Grandparents
73 Ford Monarch (parked 65,000 miles - Grandparents

any replies? also oh yeah, only body damage are 2 slight indents in the hood

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76 300D 108,110 miles
99 Saturn sl1 80,000 miles - moms
91 Grand Marquis 45,000 miles - Grandparents
97 Ford F150 - 16,000 miles - Grandparents
73 Ford Monarch (parked 65,000 miles - Grandparents

?????????????????????????????????????? still waiting

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76 300D 108,110 miles
99 Saturn sl1 80,000 miles - moms
91 Grand Marquis 45,000 miles - Grandparents
97 Ford F150 - 16,000 miles - Grandparents
73 Ford Monarch (parked 65,000 miles - Grandparents