In my quest to figure out an electrical issue I had my dash cluster out so I went to town: Orange nail polish on the needles, red sharpie on the redline zones, orange sharpie on the 55, 65, &VDO; orange LEDs for flood, white, orange, and red for the dummy gauges. Still have a traditional bulb on the low fuel light because I can't figure out the polarity off-car and I don't use it enough to worry about it burning out.(Refill at 1/5 or 1/3 tank)



How do they look?

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

Wow you went to the extreme by painting warning level, 55 mph, VDO, REDLINE!!!!! there is not such thing as red line in a OM617 engine wont even reach the max rpm to self destruct or throw a rod....

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

I know, I know.
The "redlines" are so that my Mom/Brother/whoever will get the drift that something is wrong if the oil pressure drops to 1, or that it's in the 5500 rpm range, etc.

Also, I couldn't stop thinking of your "MY NEEDLES ARE ORANGE" the whole time I was doing this

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

Take another picture at night after installation - that's the real test.

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Charles
1983 300D, bought new, 215k+ miles, donated to Purple Hearts veterans charity but I have parts for sale: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=296386