how to change this bulb?

[meri_gadi]

does the auto gear box have the lights in them to show the letters???/

also should the headlight selectorbe lit up?

 

[guydewdney]

http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5483&highlight=console

yes - and the headlight switch is lit - usually...

to remove:-

under switch itself is a small slot - shove a small flat screwdriver in there and the switch comes off. under this is a large nut that holds the switch itself on.

the steering wheel adjuster has a screw holding the back plate on - remove. under this are two more - again remove.

the whole lot shoudl now be accessable.


from the 140 group
http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57105&highlight=headlight

 

[talbir]

Depends which car you have ?

For example, Pre 86 W126 models did not have a bulb to illuminate the gear position - it was done by an illuminated strip.

They also did not have an illuminated headlight selector.

 

[meri_gadi]

i have a C class w202 pre face lift model. 96 plate

 

[meri_gadi]

see where the letters are, is there a bulb in there to light them up? also i can remove the panel where the window switches are but i dont know how to open that actual thing where the letters go.

and soz abt the big picture.

 

[guydewdney]

www.dewdney.co.uk/guy/gearlever.jpg

is a smaller one you can link to instead dude

the cover is held on with spring clips as in the howto for a command install.


as far as i know

 

[meri_gadi]

as u can see in this pic ( http://www.poundhost.com/mbclub-file/shude/w202comand05.jpg ), the thing that has the letters is still got the cover on it.

i cant seem to take that off. that where i get stuck.

any help??? anyone.

 

[guydewdney]

ah. sorry.

 

[guydewdney]

if its of any use...113 is the bulb N 072601 012230 bulb W5/1, 2-12V 1, 2W (up to end of 1996)

 

[meri_gadi]

emmmmmmmmm. ill give it one more bash. then ill ask my mechinic

thanks for the pic. thanks alot mate.

 

[meri_gadi]

its working

sorted.

look the gear lever off, then the surround around the gear housing(116).

Then i moved on to to take the panel where all the switches are for the windows etc....

then where the letters are its a part of the actual in the pictures its numbered(74). to take this off. there was a wide clip that i had to push and it poped up. the clip is in the middle of the bitt facing towards u. then i had to take the clips out of back of it. i used a thin screw driver. there are 2 clips, 1 on either side of it. The whole thing pops up.

After that. the buld is right at the back of the unit (113)


To fit the unit jus read this tread backwards.

I have lights everywhere now. whohoooooo

 

[guydewdney]

yea! ive actually helped someone do somthing with my epc and new-found webspace.

did you take pics of each step so you can do a how-to? im sure it would be useful to everyone as i bet the gear levers are all almost the same...
124 (all) 129 201 and 202 use the same part 80 (lighting unit)

whilst idly looking at the epc - the 'slotted gate' 74 is the same as the 129 SL - the thing that the lever screws into -50 - is a 126 item (up to 95) after that its a 202 item

 

[meri_gadi]

no but i will at weekend. it was dark, very dark. very easy, IF u know wht u are doing.

lol

 

[grayb]

I see that most of these replies refer to the W140 gearlever. Does the W202 that the originator and I drive have an illuminated headlight switch? Mine has never lit up. If so, is the method of access similar to the W140? Ta!

 

[guydewdney]

huh?

the pics posted show the 202 lever... theres no mention of 140..

 

[grayb]

Oops! Sorry!
It was the link to the other forum about headlamp switches that was related to W140s. Did I miss something about this that related to W202s as well? Trying to work and post on here at the same time.....