92 400SE, 93 400E, 01 CLK320, 01 ML320, 98 Land Rover Discovery
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Adjust the steering wheel to lowest position. Disconnnect the battery. As stated above, us...
Adjust the steering wheel to lowest position. Disconnnect the battery. As stated above, use the tools to gently nudge out the cluster. It's held in place by 5 pressure wedges. Remove 4 plugs on the back. There is no speedo cable to deal with. Take the cluster into the house and set it down on a clean towel to avoid scratches The temp LCD unit is on a plug in circuit board and comes out the front of the cluster. Remove ONLY 2 screws which hold the clear front assembly to the main unit. You'll see which ones when you have it in front of you. Pry at 5 plastic snaps to remove front. Grasp the LCD and gently pull forward; maybe wiggle a bit. The lamp is soldered into the circuit board. Use solder sucker and very low wattage iron to remove old bulb. It's a very delicate circuit board. Replace bulb with 60 ma wire lead bulb from Radio Shack ( 2 for $1.29 ) It's a bit smaller physically, but it will work just fine. Now put it all back together. About a 1 hour job. ( Not counting the trip to Radio Shack )
Hope this helps... It's a copy from Tod on another MB forum.
Russell
Adjust the steering wheel to lowest position. Disconnnect the battery. As stated above, use the tools to gently nudge out the cluster. It's held in place by 5 pressure wedges. Remove 4 plugs on the back. There is no speedo cable to deal with. Take the cluster into the house and set it down on a clean towel to avoid scratches The temp LCD unit is on a plug in circuit board and comes out the front of the cluster. Remove ONLY 2 screws which hold the clear front assembly to the main unit. You'll see which ones when you have it in front of you. Pry at 5 plastic snaps to remove front. Grasp the LCD and gently pull forward; maybe wiggle a bit. The lamp is soldered into the circuit board. Use solder sucker and very low wattage iron to remove old bulb. It's a very delicate circuit board. Replace bulb with 60 ma wire lead bulb from Radio Shack ( 2 for $1.29 ) It's a bit smaller physically, but it will work just fine. Now put it all back together. About a 1 hour job. ( Not counting the trip to Radio Shack )
Hope this helps... It's a copy from Tod on another MB forum.
Russell
