Broke gauge cluster glass! AAAAUUUGHHH!

[G-Benz]

Folks don't try this at home.

All sorts of parts for the car, and home came in the mail, and I was on the roll this weekend replacing broken parts, etc. etc.

Got the gauge cluster puller tool from FastLane last week and got a little too aggressive in the gauge cluster removal.

Got my cluster out of the 300E just fine...going to replace a burnt-out turn signal indicator bulb.

Went over and did the same to the SL...on pulling the cluster out, the tool slipped, caught onto the lens lip and snapped off a big chunk of the lens!!!

Dealer replacement is waiting for me at the parts dept. $327!!!

All this to replace a couple of dollars worth of bulbs...Sheesh!

Make sure you exercise great caution when working on your precious SL...these parts are real wallet eaters!!!