In my previous thread 94 E320 - Bad Ignition Switch??

Went through the diagnosis of a no start condition and it seemed the culprit was the alarm relay .....

Soooo ... ordered a new relay from Fastlane (can't say enough good things about that!!!!! .. ordered it Monday, received it Wed!!).

Pulled dash, inserted new relay and nada .. nothing .. zip ..

With the old relay jumped across terminals 1 & 3 the car starts fine and have used it in that temp condition .. with the new one it is no start ..

Another funny thing .. when I pulled the dash the first time I lost the instruments .. the warning lights worked but the fuel, oil pressure, tach did not .. found a fuse (#1??) blown, replaced it and they then worked fine ..

Today pulled dash, replaced relay with new, no start and now no instruments either .. no blown fuses and all appear to be making good contact .. put old relay (jumped) back and starts, but no instruments .. very aggravating .. wonder if there is a ground for the dash cluster that is not making? All wiring to dash tight.

Hope you guys have some insight into this one??

Cheers

Tim