The other day, I thought how great it would be to put a lighter (excuse me, power socket) in the HVAC control unit of the SDL. I cut out a hole, put in the lighter, snapped in the interconnects to the hazard light. Put it into the console. Plugged in a thing, it powered up.
Next day, I plugged the thing in again, and it was tight so I jiggled it in a little... and the radio went off. Obvious fuse, windows and blower motor still work so it is just a nice quiet ride. When I get to work I pull out control panel, realize there is a big metal bracket behind my lighter, and it must have grounded out. Put on a shielded connector, so the problem is solved; remind self to buy more red fuses from Rusty when I place my next order (which will be soon anyway). Next day, replace fuse for radio and drive to work. Radio and hazard light are good, but now windows [not sunroof] are dead. That afternoon I replace the window etc. power fuse. On the way home it seems everything works: wipers, radio, seat settings, lighter, etc. Happy driver me. Then I open my door, and the radio comes on, along with the SRS light. I close the door. It turns off. I open the door and turn off the radio. A second later the SRS light goes off. If I have the radio on when I open the door, the SRS light turns on, and stays on as long as the radio is on; if I do not, it does not. Aside from SRS and the radio [and antenna going up and down with radio power] I can't tell anything different than it used to be. Thus I was introduced to my gremlin. Now, how do I make him go away? Did I fry a ground? The radio? The ignition switch? Will it do any damage, as long as I unplug power to the antenna? Thanks for any suggestions, -Tim who is considering leaving it as a deterrent to the random folks who rifle my car at night _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
