Thanks for the reply.

Yes, you are correct, it is easy to see the ceramic ones are blown or not. They are hard to get here and I find that over time the contacts get worn and metal contacts fatigue and they do not seat properly. I am not getting good contacts with what I have in the vehicle.

The fact that the A/c and fan fuse keeps blowing, drew my attention to the fuses. It could be an issue with the heater fan, that I will have to investigate. But the fan/Ac fuse sit out board of the main fuse box in a small 2 fuse fuse-holder. The contacts are bad, and I thought getting a small 2 fuse holder with blade fuses would allow me to eliminate one of the possible problems.

Then my mind just took off…. I am a bit (a lot) OCD, and the blade fuses are far neater.

I am really enjoying the car. I have only had it for 5 months, having sold my first W201 2.6 15 years ago, when fitting 2 baby seats in the back was difficult. We moved on to a W123 in the form of a 280TE – that was an impressive car. But the soon to be ex-wrote it off.

You are right, there are a lot of potential things to do, as I bought a car with no service history – but it was at a good price. It really amazes me that this 1989 car that has basically been neglected with 224,000km is still running surprisingly week. I got some spark plugs from Classic MB that arrived this well. We will see what difference that makes.

Still the challenge of the blade fuses intrigues me. It would have been handy of I did not have to re-invent the wheel.

Great food for thought – thank you

D
Orange AU.