Take a look at the butt of my car... Right light is white the other is red. When I put it in reverse only the white one lights up.

Is this a weird euro thing or something odd going on here?

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1984 300td euro turbo

Euro thing! The driver's side red lens is a rear fog light that should light up with the front fogs!

Thanks! Ya the red one lights up when I turn on the fogs! Thought I had some weird wiring problems.

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1984 300td euro turbo

The orange dot in the center of the light switch should light up also as the indicator!

It does! Figured that out about 2 days ago! ha

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1984 300td euro turbo

I replaced the red "fog" light with another back up light and went to halogen bulbs in both, now I can see whats back there at night

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

Oooh look at me with my Euro wagon!!
Does it have a manual trans too.

Just kidding, looks like a nice wagon. With those tiny little bumpers I'm surprised that none of your rear lights are broken. They are always broken even with the fat US bumpers.

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Haha punk... Ya I'm actually looking for a rear US bumper.

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1984 300td euro turbo

I bet there are a ton of folks here that would gladly work a trade with you.

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No trade I would pay...

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1984 300td euro turbo

It only lights up with the front fogs when the headlight switch is pulled to the 2nd detent.



Definitely a Euro thing!

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Thanks! That idle speed adjuster knob looks interesting.

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1984 300td euro turbo

Your model will not have it. The manual linked to was for non turbo European diesels.

http://www.foro.pieldetoro.net/web/MERCEDES/detalle.php?MANUAL=14

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I dont think there are holes to mount the bumper shocks, so mounting a US bumper might be a problem. I also would like to replace the euro bumper on my 85 TD with the beefer US version.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

The holes for the bumper shocks are there! Euro cars with Euro hitches have extensions which go into the holes and secure the extension to the frames box channel about 14" inside of it.