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Originally Posted by Zulfiqar
isolate the alternator - it can be quite a big drain when one diode goes bad. the brake lamps in a MB dont work with the key out, the bits that do work are the interior lamps, headlamps, parking lamps, trunk lamp.
There are some models that have two fuses behind the fuse box panel - I dont know what they are for, but cannot hurt to check them.
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I only mentioned the brake light issue because in the case of my car, everything the ignition switch controlled had been monkeyed with... rather than just replaced the bad switch that was on the car.
My car was the KING of bad repairwork.
My alternator can be simply unplugged at the unit itself. Someone removed the little air duct and hose long ago.