Thanks Alex, sounds like more than a 10 minute job, so it will have to wait for the weekend. Just finished washing the car, and getting pretty good at drying it before the water freezes on it. lol.
Having some problems with the vacuum door locks again. I'll write more once I figure out how to word it, but I have a feeling, my father is behind this great vacuum door lock mystery!! lol. Again, thanks for the tips Alex, I'm off to the garage now to make sure I have a 4.5mm hex, with an extension, and funny enough, I think I do. :-) Ed 300E > prettiest car on the street. :-) On 14/02/2008, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 5:40 PM, E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The light on the centre air vent seems to be out on my car. Both vents > on > > the right and left of the dash have back lights on the swivel part of > the > > vent wheel, so I figure there's also one on the centre one? Ok, how do > I > > get to it? :-) > > > >From memory, open the glovebox and there's a Philips screw on the left > side (right side of the center vents). Remove that and you can take > off the metal cover. Then shine a strong light into the vents and > you'll see that the knob in the middle is connected to an arm that > opens and closes a big flap right in front of the AC evaporator. Wave > hi to the evaporator, this is the closest you'll get to it unless you > take out the entire dashboard (20+ hour job per book!). The arm > disconnects with a long 4.5mm hex driver. (I'm not making that size > up, so far I haven't seen it anywhere else on a 124 or any other car). > Then the whole vent assembly pulls right out. The lightbulb socket > snaps into a little plastic panel. Pry it open with your fingernail. > It'll probably break and need to taped back together after you change > the bulb (available from Rusty). DISCONNECT THE BATTERY FIRST or you > are guaranteed to short out the socket while fiddling with it, which > will blow the special red fuse behind the instrument panel and shut > off all the dash lights until you pull the panel out and swap the > fuse. I learned the hard way. > > > >Also, should the knob for the headlights be back lit as > > well. If so, mine has never worked, but if it has one, might as well > see to > > it while I'm doing the light bulb thing. :-) > > > That one's a lot easier, just pull off the knob and there's a big nut > behind holding the switch into the panel. Maybe you have to undo the > panel right above your knees as well in order to get the switch out > from the back---I forget. Either way, it's pretty obvious, no secrets > or tricks, unlike the center vent---you should be able to figure it > out. ;) > > Oh, they're both the same size bulb, used throughout the dash. > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
