used to need a flashlight to see dash lights on my 240D's On Mon, Jan 10, 2022, 10:38 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> How good you think LEDs are probably depends on what you started with. > The dash lighting in a 123 stinks to begin with so the improved lighting on > the LEDs made a good improvement. > -Curt > > On Monday, January 10, 2022, 10:33:02 AM EST, Allan Streib via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I tried LED dash bulbs in one of my Honda cars, and was not impressed. > But maybe it was the bulbs. Also they are diodes, so polarity matters, but > the bulb sockets are not polarized. So you have a 50:50 chance that the > bulb will be in "backwards" and you'll have to turn it 180 degrees. > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2022, at 10:40 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > > The tach is squirrelly in the 87 300D. It has been constantly jumping > > up to about true rpm then down somewhere below that, sometimes to 0 with > > no pattern. I tried a couple years ago to remove and tighten the dash > > ground, with no difference. I know the EDS is bad. I know the tach > > signal goes through the EDS, then to the tach, so it is possible the EDS > > is causing the problem. On the 123/OM617, the fault is usually the > > ground, but this seems to be something different. Anyone got > > suggestions what to look for or how to cure this? > > > > Also most of the dash light bubs are burned out. Is there a LED > > solution to better the OE type light bubs? > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
