Hi guys,
I bought a Merc 190e yesterday, 1985, been adored by its owner, drives like a dream... Full leather interior, elec windows, just gorgeous.

Anyway, as with all old used cars it had a suprise lined up for me. Not too disapointed as I've covered about 200 miles in it since yesterday just testing him out and I'm generally delighted with the performance, comfort and generally everything. Not even as heavy on the petrol as I anticpated.

However, a few little niggles have came up, if this is all that's wrong with the car, for the price I paid I'm more than happy, but I want to fix them regardless:
1. The window wiper seems to "stall" on occassion.
2. When indicating, one of them (left I *think*, I'll double check) doesn't come up on the dash - but the lights are working on the outside perfectly.
3. I feel a bit daft here as I don't know if it's me not being able to figure out how to turn them on or if they actually don't work, but, the dash lights don't seem to work. I think I've tried all the obvious things but to no success. Can anyone confirm how these are supposed to come on? I thought it was the little knobs at the front of the dash - but those seem to be for changing the clock and resetting the odometer?

Anyway, are these all related through one of the fuses? Or have I just got three seperate problems on my hands?!

The wiper is okay, but it just seems to stick sometimes before moving like it should. It's better when its on fast - infact it doesn't do it, but if I do it once it seems to hesitate mid way.

The indicator light is annoying if nothing else.

And the dash lights are a must fix for me as I'm surrounded by speed cameras and do a lot of night driving. I've upgraded from a BMW Compact 1.6 so I feel like I'm doing 50 when I'm going 80 in the Merc!

Any ideas or confirmations much appreciated. I'm in the UK and it's a UK model if that makes any difference.

Thanks!
Stephen