[W126 Coupe] FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION GAGES!

[Eddie]

Sounds like a bad ground.  Please remember to swap the fuses out, not just
check them visually, sometimes they'll look good, and still be in one piece,
but still be bad due to age.  Also, did you check the metal 'fuse' on the
back of the cluster?  It's a long metal circuit that runs along the bottom
of the board that burns out if you have a bad ground or short anywhere
around the gauge cluster.

And of course, try wiggling the positive lead to the cluster, sometimes the
plastic surround cracks with age and lets the lead pop-off or short along
the other cables.  (thin red wire, independent of the other wires, with
clear or white plastic socket).

Edward

-----Original Message-----
From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of Kenneth Delmar Hopkins
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 11:07 AM
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: [W126 Coupe] FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION GAGES!

I noted the email concerning the death of all gages and it is kinda  
like what has happened to me recently. I was driving and all of a  
sudden all if  the gages just died on me also...and then about four  
or five miles later the whole panel came back to life and lasted for  
about another 5 miles and went out again and after another five miles  
or so they came back on and I have not had a problem since.
I  suspect that something is really wrong. I checked all the fuses  
and they all seem and look okay. I am not sure where to go from here.  
Any suggestions out there?

Kenneth Hopkins
1990 560 SEC BlK/Tan

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