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[acordova at texas.net]

The previous owner of my 89 300CE had replaced the whole climate control 
pushbutton control unit, but I'm sure they got a factory part. Your 94 may 
be different.

The lights went out in that replacement unit, but I was able to fix it. 
Replacement bulbs were available at the dealer, and it only used two of 
them. There was one toward the left side and one toward the right, using 
light pipes to illuminate all the buttons and dial.

The bulbs were behind small squares of metallic tape, and they simply pushed 
in to their sockets. Removing the old ones was tricky, but I finally got 
them by putting a drop of superglue on the end of a stick, holding that to 
the bulb for a moment, then pulling out. Installation was easier.

Alec Cordova
Taylor, texas
89 300CE, 208K


Quoting Steve Nervig <dakota at mac.com>:

> 
> On Aug 22, 2006, at 3:55 AM, marco.scopaz at inwind.it wrote:
> 
> > Hello Guys,
> >
> > I have a problem related to the Air Conditioning System on my '94  
> > 200 CE. She is equipped with a automatic A/C and all the lights of  
> > the push bottom and temperature regulator on the control pannel are  
> > always off. A/C still working excellent, but I have no push bottom  
> > light. Can somebody tell me if is a common bulb behind the control  
> > pannel and if it is how I can replace?
> > Thank You Very Much in advance!
> >
> > Marco
> >
> 
> 
> Buon giorno, Marco. If the switches above the AC buttons and also the  
> window switches in the console are also always off, it may be a  
> little red fuse on the back side of the instrument cluster.
> See this page on my web site: <http://web.mac.com/dakota/iWeb/Parts/ 
> Fuse.html>
> 
> If not, it might be a bad solder in the AC push button unit itself,  
> becasue if I remember correctly, the AC unit has individual bulbs for  
> each button (and so it would be highly unlikely that they all would  
> burn out, of course).
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
>