I found that the bulbs themselves get dimmer over time; apparently the
inside of the bulb darkens (from boiled-off filament?)..replaceing the
bulbs themselves (with the PROPER bulbs from Rusty) is the best fix and
keeps all functionality
-j.
John W. Reames III wrote:
I found that the bulbs themselves get dimmer over time; apparently the
inside of the bulb darkens (from boiled-off filament?)..replaceing the
bulbs themselves (with the PROPER bulbs from Rusty) is the best fix and
keeps all functionality
When working perfectly (as
When working perfectly (as designed) the instrument cluster
illumination
of 123/126s is considered inadequate by many (maybe most) Americans. I
am NOT among them.
The only one I consider inadequate is the 123, in that I can't read
the trip odometer at night. Otherwise it's perfectly
Marshall Booth wrote:
When working perfectly (as designed) the instrument cluster illumination
of 123/126s is considered inadequate by many (maybe most) Americans. I
am NOT among them. I turn the dimmer down slightly in 123s and somewhat
more in 201/124s so that the speedometer and other gauge
yea, not big deal.
Zoltan Finks wrote:
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in order to get
their dash lights to work (and just stay on full brightness)? I'm not
feeling inclined to try to remove and replace or fix it at this time.
Brian
83 240D
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:04:13 -0600 Zoltan Finks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in order to
get their dash lights to work (and just stay on full brightness)? I'm
not feeling inclined to try to remove and replace or fix it at this
time.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:04:13 -0600 Zoltan Finks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in order to
get their dash lights to work (and just stay on full brightness)? I'm
not feeling inclined to try to remove and replace or
Nice info. I should reiterate, though, that the reason I'm considering doing
this is that the dash lights are simply not working. It's not that I'm
dissatisfied with their brightness.
And Craig, that sounds like a neat trick with the aluminim foil. Cool.
Brian
83 240D
On 3/31/06, David
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 02:49:42 -0600 Zoltan Finks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nice info. I should reiterate, though, that the reason I'm considering
doing this is that the dash lights are simply not working. It's not that
I'm dissatisfied with their brightness.
And Craig, that sounds like a neat
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in order to get
their dash lights to work (and just stay on full brightness)? I'm not
feeling inclined to try to remove and replace or fix it at this time.
Brian
83 240D
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- Original Message -
From: Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:04 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Jumping the Rheostat?
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in order
DO it, you will never regret it. It always needs to be turned up all the
way anyway on 123s
At 11:04 AM 3/31/2006, you wrote:
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in order to get
their dash lights to work (and just stay on full brightness)? I'm not
feeling inclined to
On Mar 31, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Zoltan Finks wrote:
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in
order to get
their dash lights to work (and just stay on full brightness)? I'm not
feeling inclined to try to remove and replace or fix it at this time.
Brian
Sure. In the case
The ONLY time I've ever needed to turn down the dash lights, was while
driving those stoopid GM vehicles with the digital dash readouts.
Sooper annoying. I bridged both the Mercs.
On 3/31/06, John Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sure. In the case of old 123s, I never had a desire to see less
Zoltan Finks wrote:
Has anyone successfully jumped across the dash-light dimmer in order to get
their dash lights to work (and just stay on full brightness)? I'm not
feeling inclined to try to remove and replace or fix it at this time.
Real simple. Take it out. Solder a wore across the
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