Fuel gauge light and ventilation regulators

Hi,

Just got my '98 156 TS back from the dealer's workshop. The car was there to
repair a rust problem on warranty and to adjust the front tread. Now when
the car is back I have two new problems: The three regulator knobs (heating,
ventilation,...) are much harder to operate than before. I don't know what
they did! Additionally I have noticed that the background light of the fuel
gauge is off.

Does anyone have an idea how I can repair that myself?
Does anoyne have an idea why they fussed with this? Does it have anything to
do with the repairs they made?

Regards,
Martin

plz. don't reply to the email

> Hi,
>
> Just got my '98 156 TS back from the dealer's workshop. The car was there
> to repair a rust problem on warranty and to adjust the front tread. Now
> when the car is back I have two new problems: The three regulator knobs
> (heating,
> ventilation,...) are much harder to operate than before. I don't know
> what they did! Additionally I have noticed that the background light of
> the fuel gauge is off.
>
> Does anyone have an idea how I can repair that myself?
> Does anoyne have an idea why they fussed with this? Does it have anything
> to do with the repairs they made?
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> plz. don't reply to the email

Where was the rust?

Martin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just got my '98 156 TS back from the dealer's workshop. The car was
> there to repair a rust problem on warranty and to adjust the front
> tread. Now when the car is back I have two new problems: The three
> regulator knobs (heating, ventilation,...) are much harder to operate
> than before. I don't know what they did! Additionally I have noticed
> that the background light of the fuel gauge is off.
>
> Does anyone have an idea how I can repair that myself?
> Does anoyne have an idea why they fussed with this? Does it have
> anything to do with the repairs they made?

You can remove the centre console yourself by following this description:
http://www.dashmount.co.uk/pages/71516.htm

Then you have access to the three controls.

/Mogens

> Where was the rust?

It was somewhere under the car. Unfortunately I never saw it myself.

Regards,
Martin

>You can remove the centre console yourself by following this description:
>http://www.dashmount.co.uk/pages/71516.htm

Mogens,

Thanks for the info. I decided to bring it to my dealer anyway since it's
their fault and the risk to mess things up is too high.

Regards,
Martin