A/C Button Box Illumination
 

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RE: my 1995 E320. How do you access the two small bulbs (to change them) in the unit which are just above the push buttons? I can easily get the whole thing out in my hands, unplugged, gently pry the tabs up that hold the face of it on, but I cannot pull the face forward to access the two bulbs. It's really annoying. I can "bend" the edges up near the thumbwheel and fan selector, but the middle won't budge. Any ideas?

the 2 pieces of tape cover the front cover the bulbs. If you take the bottom off you can slide all the stuff out the bottom.

I didn't think of that... I saw the clips at the bottom but I thought that was to access the soldered joints. What's the purpose of the tape? To dim the illumination?

Take off the tape, use a piece of rubber vacuum line to extract the bulbs.

I'll try that too. I'm guessing the bulbs pull straight out...

Yes.