you need to make a tool, a coat hanger will work. take wire cutters and start with 2 straight peices about 10 inches long at the end bend about a 1/2 inch at a right angle. slide these in each side of the instrument cluster with the bends pointing up, with both sides in turn wire 90 degrees and pull towards you, take it slow and once it is free take care with the oil perssure line and speedo cable, you should be able to see the bulbs from there, good luck and take your time!!
Another answer: You can actually do it without a special tool. The instrument panel is held in place by friction only. All you need to do is push it out. In Mercedes Benzes with stereo speakers in the dash, you can remove the loudspeaker nearest the instrument panel, get a few fingers through the hole and push a corner of the instrument panel out, the rest should follow with a little coaxing. If you have really long arms and are a bit of a contortionist, you can also reach up under the dashboard by the steering column and pedals and push it out that way. It may help to remove a trim panel.
Follow the instructions on Youtube.
The cost of the actual bulb in the instrument panel for a Mercedes ml320 averages $40.00. A certified technician can charge between $100.00 and $200.00 to change the bulb.
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To change the dash light bulbs you must remove the instrument panel.
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I located the instrument panel illumination lights on my 1990 Nissan D21 Pick-up by removing the clear plastic panel that protects the gauges and pulling the instrument panel forward. To do this, screws must be removed from the dash panel located around the instrument panel. There are also screws securing the clock adjustment knob and the glass/instrument panel itself. The bulbs twist into the backside of the instrument panel. There are several of them. I located the instrument panel illumination lights on my 1990 Nissan D21 Pick-up by removing the clear plastic panel that protects the gauges and pulling the instrument panel forward. To do this, screws must be removed from the dash panel located around the instrument panel. There are also screws securing the clock adjustment knob and the glass/instrument panel itself. The bulbs twist into the backside of the instrument panel. There are several of them.
You need to remove the dash in order to get back there to replace any blown bulbs.
Remove the instrument panel cover retaining screws. There are four screws that need to be removed. The instrument panel light bulb's will be visible. Push the light bulb in and turn at the same time to remove the light bulb.
there aretwo sizes for the bulb and bulb base small and large but you can replace just the bulb from the base socket. I recommend that you (url )instrument panel light bulbs or cluster panel light bulbs to find the two sizes that you will need. autolumination.com or autoanything.com or rockauto.com
you take apart the dash and get to the instrument panel. then you take the instrument panel out and on the back of the panel you'll will see the lights
It is very hard. You need to remove the entire dash to get to the bulbs. These are maybe not worth replacing unless more than one is out.
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