I need your help - initially, I thought this problem was only limited to my blinkers, but I just noticed, that a most of my guages are toast as well... The speedometer still works, but the fuel guage, oil guage, temp guage, rpm guage are all 'dead'... Also, my brake lights are dead as well. Could be fuses, I guess... help -

Interestingly enough the emergency lights still work when I kick the rocker switch on/off. The emergency switch is a red rocker switch is located on the center console (by the gear shifter) between the seats. I've read some stuff in the archives about this rocker switch being tied closely to some of the problems with blinkers... but I wonder if this is the case here, or if my problems are deeper...

Need some tips on how go fix these 'ghosts' and get my ride steet-legal again.

THanks,
James

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1987 Mercedes 300SDL; SOLD
1985 Mercedes 300D; SOLD
2006 Honda Pilot - wife's ride; 122K;
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser - 3X locked; 182K

Sounds like it could be a ground issue. Are you sure your oil pressure gauge is dead? It is a mechanical gauge and should only be 'dead' if it is disconnected or the engine is not running (or has no oil pressure)

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

One of your fuses is cracked and is not conducting power. It's difficult to see a cracked fuse and the fuse number would be helpful.

I'm not at the office so I can't find the fuse number today.

Maybe another member can provide it.

Yep - thanks, it was Fuse #12. Now it's all back to normal, except for all its regular quirks, of course...

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1987 Mercedes 300SDL; SOLD
1985 Mercedes 300D; SOLD
2006 Honda Pilot - wife's ride; 122K;
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser - 3X locked; 182K

Excellent.

Help is what we do here.

The fuses are so cheap that its well worth it to just go through the fuse box and replace all of them to prevent any weird issues.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Looking in the Fuse Box the Fuse looked OK (2 of my Windows were not working). I had to pull the Fuse out to see what was causing the problem.

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