[W126 Coupe] ? about clock, fuse box, radiator light and gas door lock

[Markus Meyer]

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Markus

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Gary <garysalas at yahoo.com> wrote:


>  can't believe i'm saying this but i bought another 560 sec, 1991.  i had

> an 1988 560 sec

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> now, i finding all the little things wrong...

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> clock:  just doesn't work.   fuse? or do i have to pull the instrument

> cluster out?  -> could be a number of things, such as fuse (I'd replace

> them all anyway), or the adjuster is stuck and not letting it move, or the

> capacitors are burned out (I think Steve Nervig has an article on his

> website showing how to fix this - and yes, cluster needs to come out to do

> this).

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> fuse box:   next to the regular fuse box i have a small one that holds two

> fuses?  i should say this car has euro headlights.  these are not the

> original car headlights.  maybe that's what the fuses are for?

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> radiator light:   just stays on.  the reservoir is full and the temp is

> normal.  fuse? -> could be the sensor on the side of the overflow

> reservoir needing to be replaced.  Try swapping with the one in your other

> SEC and see if the light goes out.

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> gas door:   doesn't lock.   looks like a pin should come out?  -> how does

> your central locking work overall?  It is part of that system - trunk, doors

> and gas cap should all lock together.  If they don't, could be a problem

> with that, maybe a broken vacuum line, or maybe the entire vacuum system for

> the locking isn't working?

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> thanks for the help.

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