Back from the dead topic.................

On my 1986 300SDL there was no way to go pushing from behind because of the a/c baffling running thru there. I made the tool(s) from a thinner gauge clothes hanger and inserted them about 3:00 and 9:00 and slowly pulled. She came out no problems. To get at the rheostat you only need to unscrew its one fastening screw and then pull outwards on the rheostat. I never change the brightness of my cluster lights so I simply soldered a wire between the two poles on the back of the cluster. For added peace of mind I put some Devcon 5-minute (1hr cure) epoxy over the soldered wire on the poles. Vibrations and soldering don't really go together. Now I'm good to go.

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Tony
(Actually, a member since 2000)