You can change just the switch. New ones (gen-u-wine Mercedes) are available on-line for $40 -- don't let a place like NAPA screw you over.

A used one from a junkyard is an inexpensive option, just remember to get a diesel switch -- gassers don't have a "preglow" position. Also remember that the switch will be difficult to remove without the key for the junkyard car.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970