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[Steve Nervig]

Thanks for the two-bulb correction, Alec. Still, I wonder why two bulbs would go out on that unit. Maybe not simultaneously? 

I've heard of the trick to remove the bulbs (although your method sounds good, too). You slip a tight fighting piece of rubber or plastic tubing over the end of the bulb, and you can pull it out.

Regards,
Steve


On Tuesday, August 22, 2006, at 07:12AM, <acordova at texas.net> wrote:

>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
>> 
>
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