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Originally Posted by 240DieselDog
The best remedy I've heard for curing 19th century technology of the instrument light switch is to bypass it entirely. That dimmer switch is an inside joke among MB owners, easily the most primitive component on the car. Earlier ones are white porcelain and brass, very impressive looking and resemble something you might see at the Thomas Edison electrics museum.
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I have my dash out and my dimmer switch was green, corroded and looked very bad. A few minutes with some 600 grit and contact cleaner and it looked like new, don't know if it works yet, and may be some time before I do, but it does look good 
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