Cluster cleaning

1986-1995 : 200TD, 200CE, E200, 260E, 300E 2.6, 300E 2.8, 300E, E320, 400E, E420, 500E, E500, 300CE, E320, 230TE, 300TE, 300D 2.5 TURBO, E300 DIESEL, 300TD, 300E 4MATIC, 300TE 4MATIC, E36 AMG
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MMWA
450 SEL 6.9
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Cluster cleaning

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No matter how terrible your cluster looks, chances are a bit of cleaning will make a massive improvement.

(delicate hands required)

this is a car I am working on at the moment, I considered this cluster junk and was going to throw it in the trash.

While still not a show stopper and never will be, it shows what can be achieved with a bit of effort.

Note that the residual humidity has now evaporated.

Before:
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After:
after.JPG
I cleaned the dial faces etc carefully by hand and washed the entire stripped housing in the laundry sink (obviously I let it dry before reassembly)
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brette013
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Re: Cluster cleaning

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That looks super!
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