"The rear light cluster is reasonably easy to get at, however MB have done it again, for forty years man & boy I've know this bulb as a "stop and tail".Now according to MB it becomes "fog & tail" so don't get caught out.

Quite right the owners manual does give the correct detail but truthfully how many of us look at the manual every time a bulb needs replacing.

When I saw the black shadow on my stop light bulb it indicated to me that it wouldn't be long before it needed replacing, being tight I switched it with the reversing lamp which gets little use, worth remembering if one goes while your out! With the exception of the Fog & tail all the bulbs are single pole the fog & tail are staggered pin and will therefore like the multi connection block to the bulb assembly only fit one way, so it if it won't fit one way try the other.

Albert Rowe