finnaly got around to removing the cluster and replacing 2 bulbs that were burnt out. what i found is that there were no 12 volt 2 watt lumination bulbs anywhere on the cluster they were ALL 12 volt 1.5 watts is this normal ?
in photo #3 the bulb is missing and when i held my pinlight up to the back it shows coolant level low (at least i guess that is what it means) is this bulb supposed to be missing or does it have a sensor on the 98 ml320 to indicate low coolant ?
in photo #4 the bulb is also missing and when the pinlight is shown through it says "airbag off" i have read if there is a child seat installed then the sensor in the seat automaticly disables the passenger side airbag. so with no child seats to be installed i can be safe in leaving this one out ?
photo #7 shows the cluster plug with the lach in the "lock" position
photo #9 shows the small tab (red arrow) that you half to push down before you can rotate (yellow arrow) to the right to unlach the plug.
i almost broke mine as i thought all you had to do was pry up on it !!!
photo #10 shows how to line up the cluster with the stearing wheel and it will slide right out in direction of the arrow,
as soon as the thunderstorm ( tipical for this time of the year in north carolina ) blows over i will head back out and put it all back together, the hardist part was removing the ic out from behind the stearing wheel. it comes out towards the passenger side. just take your time so you dont break / scratch anything and when it lines up it will slide out as if it had grease on it
oh and the only other thing was the plug on back of the harness to the cluster. the clip does not pull straight out it rotates to the right hand side of the cluster. i will take a photo as i hook it back up for future reference for all.
all done and 3 more photos were added, hope this helps someone else . hope this is not posting to many photos at one time ?
boy this forum has save me a bunch of cash !!
thanks :thumbsup:
c n b
in photo #3 the bulb is missing and when i held my pinlight up to the back it shows coolant level low (at least i guess that is what it means) is this bulb supposed to be missing or does it have a sensor on the 98 ml320 to indicate low coolant ?
in photo #4 the bulb is also missing and when the pinlight is shown through it says "airbag off" i have read if there is a child seat installed then the sensor in the seat automaticly disables the passenger side airbag. so with no child seats to be installed i can be safe in leaving this one out ?
photo #7 shows the cluster plug with the lach in the "lock" position
photo #9 shows the small tab (red arrow) that you half to push down before you can rotate (yellow arrow) to the right to unlach the plug.
i almost broke mine as i thought all you had to do was pry up on it !!!
photo #10 shows how to line up the cluster with the stearing wheel and it will slide right out in direction of the arrow,
as soon as the thunderstorm ( tipical for this time of the year in north carolina ) blows over i will head back out and put it all back together, the hardist part was removing the ic out from behind the stearing wheel. it comes out towards the passenger side. just take your time so you dont break / scratch anything and when it lines up it will slide out as if it had grease on it
oh and the only other thing was the plug on back of the harness to the cluster. the clip does not pull straight out it rotates to the right hand side of the cluster. i will take a photo as i hook it back up for future reference for all.
all done and 3 more photos were added, hope this helps someone else . hope this is not posting to many photos at one time ?
boy this forum has save me a bunch of cash !!
thanks :thumbsup:
c n b