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04-18-2014, 10:30 PM
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calling all electrical gurus
what would cause every single interior illumination light to go out? went to get in my car and drive home tonight and every light on the gauge cluster, shifter, climate control, and dash were off with headlights on.
all fuses are brand new brass/copper from mercedes source, i gave the box a quick once over and didn't see any blown but it was raining and i was tired of getting wet. thanks! (if it is of any help, my cruise control stopped working about a week ago but i've narrowed that down to the amplifier with jamesdean's help and guides)
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04-18-2014, 10:49 PM
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hey, did you guys know that the left button on the cluster is a also a knob that controls the brightness of the dash lights? because i sure didn't....
anyway... it seems to be going bad because i have to fiddle with it to get any light and only at certain points in it's rotation.... is there a way to jump the dimmer and just have them be full bright all the time?
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04-18-2014, 10:49 PM
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Check the rheostat in the instrument cluster.
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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
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04-18-2014, 10:50 PM
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Almost certainly the rheostat. Try jiggling and twisting the dimmer and see if you can get the lights to flicker. Most people just solder a wire across them and call it a day.
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2004 F150 4.6L -My Daily 2007 Volvo XC70 -Wife's Daily 1998 Ford F150 -Rear ended 1989 J-spec 420SEL -passed onto its new keeper 1982 BMW 733i -fixed and traded for the 420SEL 2003 Volvo V70 5 Speed -scrapped 1997 E290 Turbo Diesel Wagon -traded for above 1992 BMW 525i -traded in 1990 Silver 300TE -hated the M103 1985 Grey 380SE Diesel Conversion, 2.47 rear end, ABS -Sold, really should have kept this one 1979 Silver 300D "The Silver Slug" -Sold
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04-18-2014, 10:51 PM
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lol, seems we all posted at once. Like I said, the permanent fix is to just solder a wire across it to effectively bypass it. The lights inside a w124 will never be too bright....
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2004 F150 4.6L -My Daily 2007 Volvo XC70 -Wife's Daily 1998 Ford F150 -Rear ended 1989 J-spec 420SEL -passed onto its new keeper 1982 BMW 733i -fixed and traded for the 420SEL 2003 Volvo V70 5 Speed -scrapped 1997 E290 Turbo Diesel Wagon -traded for above 1992 BMW 525i -traded in 1990 Silver 300TE -hated the M103 1985 Grey 380SE Diesel Conversion, 2.47 rear end, ABS -Sold, really should have kept this one 1979 Silver 300D "The Silver Slug" -Sold
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04-19-2014, 09:02 AM
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Reach out to member vstech, I suspect he's got a few spares. He's on the west side of town.
If not I do but I'm down in Columbia.
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The OM 642/722.9 powered family Still going strong 2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD) 2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD) both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023 2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles) 2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles) 1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh 1987 300TD sold to vstech
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