fuses

[Eric280SL]

I would like to get some assistance with determining the original "replacement" fuses for a 1970 280 SL.  When I purchased my car about 2 years ago, in the tool kit was a broken small clear plastic box (31 mm x 57 mm x 7 mm) with a three-pointed star molded on the sliding top.  This box contained four 24 mm long white ceramic fuses with the numeral 8 transversely oriented to the long axis of the fuse and one 16 mm long white ceramic fuse with the numeral 25 transversely oriented.

 I recently acquired, from, the Mercedes Benz Classic Center in Irvine, California, a clear plastic fuse box (with the same dimensions as above, embossed similar to the one in my 1970 280 SL).  However the new box contains  six 24 mm long white (?plastic) fuses with the numeral  8 parallel to the long axis of the fuse,  two 24 mm long red (?plastic) fuses with the numeral  16 parallel to the long axis of the fuse and one 24 mm long blue (?plastic) fuse with the numeral 25 parallel to the long axis of the fuse.    The Classic Center stock # A124 58000 10. 

A previous technical manual  posting re tool kit contents /  fuses indicated that the clear plastic "spare" fuse box in a 1970 28 SL should have originally contained  six white 24 mm long white ceramic fuses 8 amp and two white ceramic "stubby" fuses  (? 16 mm long) 25 amp, when first exiting the Mercedes manufacturing line.

Questions:  Is the above Forum posting information correct  To be a purist, does anyone know where the 24 mm and 16 mm long white ceramic fuses with the numeral orientation transversely oriented to the long axis of the fuse can be obtained? 

And no, I am not generally as obsessive as this inquiry might suggest.

Thanks!

Eric280SL

1970 ivory on ivory 280SL
1969 white on white 280SL

[rgafitanu@gmail.com]

The fuse box has only 8A (long) fuses and one or two 25A (short) fuses. It is very unlikely that you will find the short fuses anymore, they have been discontinued long time ago. The MB replacement kit does not contain the short fuses for this reason. Try eBay or Authentic Classic website but they will be very expensive. I drilled out the extension piece in the fuse box and I am using long fuses for the 25A as well.

[Jonny B]

Check it out:

http://www.authenticclassics.com/230SL-250SL-280SL-Convertible-113-Chassis-s/1.htm?searching=Y&sort=13&cat=1&show=32&page=1&search=%20fuse

They have the stubbies, and the plastic fuse box with fuses (as per original with the 8 and 25 stubbies)

[Jordan]

Another source for stubbies.  They are used in older Volvo's.

http://www.cvi-automotive.se/en/articles/14432/6-fusebox

[Eric280SL]

THANKS!

[doitwright]

I recently bought a set of 10 short 25 amp fuses from a guy in Germany on eBay. Less than 20 Euro including shipping and he said he has more.