Yes. I am at an age when the correct term doesn't always come to me at the right moment so I just do the best I can. BillR
-----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 5:14 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dash console dead - 1981 300SD Oh, you mean instrument cluster? Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill R" <billr32...@comcast.net> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dash console dead - 1981 300SD > Guess I should get a bit more specific. The temp, fuel, oil pressure > [pegged at the top] speedo, tach and blinkers are dead. The clock. odo > and > flashers do work. > BillR > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Bill R > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:42 PM > To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' > Subject: [MBZ] Dash console dead - 1981 300SD > > I did it to myself, though I am not exactly sure of the part I screwed up. > For the past three years I have had an intermittent buzz [like a single > strand of a wire shorting out at times] on the blinker. It would be good > while flashing, but hum/buzz at times, and it's extreme was to make a > continuous partial blink on the left blinker. Replacing the flasher did > nothing, and it did the same right after and the rest of the day, then it > stopped it for about 6 weeks. Messing with any of the wiring did nothing > immediate, though as with messing with the flasher, the next day it would > stop for 6 - 8 weeks. My nephew noticed one of the modules in the fuse > box showed a bit of black on the pins, so I cleaned all of them. Same > result, only it stopped it immediately. When it came back I cleaned all > of > the module pins with electric contact cleaner and put a bit of electric > contact paste on the pins [$.99 sample size by the register at local > FLAPS]. > This time the console when dead. I cleaned the stuff off and the console > and blinker worked for a few moments, but now has not worked for a week. > Any thoughts or suggestions? > > BTW - I thought it time to do a diesel purge, and was impressed at that > engine. It did almost no smoke, though it did stop most all the shaking. > I > was breaking an air cleaner mount about ever two months before I did it. > > Thanks - BillR > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090807/46 > b9d864/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
