OK. I pulled out the gauge cluster and did a full visually inspection of everything. I looked at every wire that I could and saw no problems. I pulled the headlight switch and smelled it and there was no evidence of it overheating.

So I connected the battery and turned the key to the run position and let it sit for about 15 min and I was touching everything and nothing got hot. I saw this relay to the right of the main grounding area, I went ahead and touched it and it was getting warm, I waited and touched it again and it was progessivly getting warmer. I don't know what this relay does nor do I know if it should get hot or not. I think if I had waited another 15min or so it would have gotten pretty hot. So should this have gotten hot?

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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