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Old 09-10-2011, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jettskiman View Post
I had this problem when driving the other day. Everything worked great the day before. I noticed that none of the instrument cluster/ blinkers and other stuff not working. I wiggle the key in the ignition just a little and everything came back up. I think its getting old and I had turned it just a little bit to far past run or on and it wasnt making contact for all of the other stuff. 1976 300d
Bingo. Most multiple electrical failures that come out of the blue on items that are switched on with the ignition wind up being due to a worn ignition switch. Seen it many, many times on both gasoline and diesel models.
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