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LED dash lights
I replaced some of my dash lights with LEDs. After frying the circuit board and attempting to repair it a few times, I gave up and bought a new one. After making sure it worked I put LEDs in it (after wiring the LEDs to be compatible with the stock bulb holders).
I used red LEDs and while I like the way they look, they were no brighter than the stock bulbs. Maybe even dimmer. I put the stock bulbs back in and ordered a different type of red LED bulb. It has all of the SMD LEDs on the tip of the light and I think that will work better with the light tunnel setup on the dash. I'm just replacing the two T10 lights. In the future I might replace the T5 for the highbeam indicator and also for the reserve fuel. The new T10 LEDs also come with twist holders that are wired to take regular bulbs, rather than the special MB bulbs. I'll report back when I install them. |
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Current status (excellent)
Last edited by 300TD1982; 12-19-2018 at 07:09 PM. Reason: remembered more things (and more things) |
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Just Found This Thread
11.30.2018
I'm subscribed and looking forward to reading all the niggly little bits as this is what I do too ~ resurrect junkers .
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Replaced the steering box with a remanufactured one and put new front tires on.
I had about 6" of play in the steering wheel and wore my front tires on the inside shoulders. It also started pulling to the left. Now the steering is nice and tight! Last edited by 300TD1982; 12-19-2018 at 07:07 PM. Reason: spelling |
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More fixes
Installed the wiper arm for the rear wiper.
Installed the relay for the rear wiper. Installed a rear wiper blade. Installed a grommet for the rear window, where the wiper rod passes through it. My car came with the rear wiper motor, but no grommet, no wiper arm and no wiper relay. Now it has all of those and the rear wiper works great! The rear window washer works now too! The motor does flop around a little, and I realize that it's supposed to have a bracket that helps secure it. That's next on my "to-do" list. I also realized that there's supposed to be a switch in the inside of the hatch that turns on the interior light when the hatch is opened. My car does not have one, so that's also on my "to-do" list. I just took the car on a 2000 mile trip and it was great to have a working rear wiper and washer. Thinking about hooking the cruise control up. The new engine came with the module, but I don't have the interior control arm, and I'm not sure if any other bits are missing. Thinking about getting 9003/HB2 headlights for my car and also replacing the headlight doors as they are cracked to hell. I get great heat for a minute or two and then it peters out. I know it's not the monovalve because I bypassed it. I'm guessing the heater core is clogged, so if it ever stops raining I'll flush it with water, soapy water, more water, citric acid, and more water and see if that helps. Last edited by 300TD1982; 02-25-2019 at 05:58 PM. |
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Moving Right Along !
The plastic headlight surrounds are called "doors" .
Uro brand actually had decent ones, MB stopped making one side a while back . Check the auxiliary electric water pump and the thermostat too ~ I had the same problems of heat / cool / heat / cool in my Coupe and all it was, was the 'stat going bad, installed a new one after a good flush and I now have plenty of heat in two blocks after cold start in 39* F temps, the gauge also went from 40 ~ 60* C to 83* C and stays there, the engine has noticeably more power and I gained 5 MPG so I'm well pleased .
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I think the T-stat is probably good. On the previous engine I had the same problem both before and after installing a new T-stat. And now I'm on a new engine, so I've had the same problem across three T-stats. My temp comes up to ~80C pretty quick and stays in the operating zone at all times. How do I check the electric aux pump? Just bypass it? |
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As long as the temperature gauge goes above 80* C you're good to go .
The auxiliary water pump is on the right frame rail back of the headlight, it has a long cord usually wrapped around it with at staggered two prong plug ~ find it and unplug it by pulling the plug bodies -not- the wires, now that you know what it looks like, go to the nearest Pick-A-Part and look at _every_ Mercedes until you see the same plug, unplug it and cut off as much of the wire as you can, use this to make a direct connection to your battery, the BROWN wire is negative, the BLACK wire is positive, the pump when running, makes a very faint hum, you can feel it running is it's any good . SAVE the extra plug and wire ! use it when doing routine cooling system maintenance or changing the coolant, I put two small clips on it and leave it running when I'm flushing or adding coolant, the pump running will burp out any air in the system . Often these pumps fail . BOSCH ones stopped production, they were $100 now I can't find them anywhere, I bought some Chinese copies for $40 each, so far not needed, this little item is important .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better |
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My car has leaked as long as I've had it. The rear hatch was grossly misaligned and that let the majority of the water in. I'm still getting a little water under the third row seat. So today I snaked all 4 sunroof drains. Both rear drains and one front drain were pretty clogged. I cleared the drains under the hood, and pulled the battery to check for firewall holes. There were no holes, but a little rust. When it stops raining I'll sand the rust down and hit it with Rustoleum or something. The plastic drains behind the front wheels were super clogged. I have never actually cleaned those before.
I pulled the air filter to make it easier to get the battery out, and noticed that the air filter bracket is broken. It appear to have broken and been welded in the past. Today I ordered a new air filter bracket, a used bracket for the rear wiper motor, and a new switch for automatically turning on the interior light when the rear hatch is open. I pulled the third row seat and it's drying by the wood stove. I'll probably just leave it out for a month or two until the rains stop. Last edited by 300TD1982; 03-03-2019 at 08:58 PM. Reason: Englishing |
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Just a few fixes
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? Where did you find the hatch's internal handle ? .
I've been looking for one for my gray market 300TD ever since I bought it .
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Vonsmog.com. I ended up not needing it! Mine broke so I bought a new one, but as it turns out, the handle didn't break, what broke is what the handle attaches to. So I had to replace the entire internal locking mechanism. :-/ That means I have an extra handle if you want to buy it. I paid $45 including shipping. |
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PING ! .
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Still Enjoying It
Consider flushing the brake fluid, it absorbs water, why it turns black .
Did you try greasing the squeaky door hinge ? the good folks here told me to buy a chain saw grease gun, it fits the grease ports in Mercedes doors .
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