MBfinatic

Hey everyone I finally got one last night. I picked this one up by D.C. I am really happy with it besides a few minor flaws. The steering wheel doesnt adjust up or down and there was a small oil leak by one of the gaskets. I found out the bolts were loose and i tightened it and everything seems great so far. I got it for $17,5. . has xenons, navi, hk system. 49k

I got a couple pics today.

Viper98912

That's a great deal figuring the low mileage and two most sought after packages of Comand and Bixenon. Congratulations, welcome to the club.

MBfinatic

thank you. I love the color its just like my 240. but faster

MBH motorsports

congrats!

I fear reading threads like this. I always think someone is going to show up with my old C55 that was totaled and then rebuilt.

MBfinatic

lol na not this one.

MBfinatic

anybody know how to fix the issue with the steering wheel? wont adjust up and down.

91RS

Very nice! Definately a good price. Appears to be Pewter Metallic, no? I wish I could have found one in that color.

I believe that is usually a little plastic "dog bone" in the adjustment mechanism that is broken. I'm not sure if there is a tutorial on how to replace it or not. The part is like $5.

I believe that will only be a matter of time. Someone will buy it and not care about the damage.

MBfinatic

ya I thought I would never find one in that color.

MIKESV8

lookin' good! how does it look under the front bumper? scratches under there? welcome

austinholloman

Very nice. Such a great car and at such a great price!

sinister55

the motor could have gone bad, but i doubt that.

Congrats man, ur going to love it

MIKESV8

apparently it's a common problem in this car actually. yes the motor is bad. more than likely

Newzchspy

Much Faster!!

Congrats and welcome aboard!! If it were a C32 I'd tell you its modding time BUT since its not, you can do a res delete and headers!! Dont waste your money on a tune for the C55, I haven't seen one yet that works!!

MBfinatic

ok. what headers would you recommend? I plan on getting the res and sec cats deleted. .

MIKESV8

woa woa woa are you serious?! tune does nothing? i'm about to drop a deposit for the eurocharge ecu tune on the 8th that i was promised around 25rwhp and 26 torque....the price is very low, but what did you mean by your comment?

austinholloman

Can you please dyno before and after? No one does this and it drives me nuts. Use the exact same dyno and change nothing but the tune. If they promised take both videos and data sheets and get your money back. Also, get that promise in writing, because thats a huge gain for a NA motor.

Mark.D

Part is $5.00, labor is $900.00. Which is why I have mine turned off. Just another thing to break

MBfinatic

The labor is 900$? how long does it take it to install?!

for tuning? Has anybody weny with OE tuning?

Tump43

He is right! If you do not need the wheel to move up and down automatically. Turn it off. I've had mine fixed three times under warranty -- two dog bones and one motor. All trim under the steering wheel has to be removed, much of the cladding around the steering wheel, then the mechaism within before the dog bone can be replaced -- 3-4 hour repair job.

Newzchspy

I have never seen a C55 tune that works? What parameters for the 5.4 engine are you tuning?? EC did magic on my C32, but then again, that's a FI engine?? Before EC was EC and when it was LET, I never saw a tune on a NA 5.4 that worked, even at the drags at Morrocco, IN??

I'd love for someone to prove me wrong and show some substantial gains through a NA 5.4 tune??

MBfinatic

Ok everyone i have a dumb question to ask. I was coming home today and i was being stupid and i revved it while going under a bridge.. I waited and put it back in D and the brakes kicked in so the tires screeched (Also idk if this matters but I had it in manual mode?)? now my check engine light is on? I used to do this all the time in my 240 and it never had a problem?
WTF happened?

MBfinatic

ok i reset it and the engine light went off. Idk what I did wrong..

Viper98912

You don't know what you did wrong? What you did was pretty stupid. Are you saying that you put your car in neutral while moving, just to rev it? You do understand that that most likely was not the brakes engaging, that was your transmission slamming into gear at a different rate than your axle/diff/tires were spinning at. Pray everything is ok, the engine and transmission in this car is not cheap. I think the best part is when you said you used to do this all the time.

mrobinso

MBfinatic, your transmission is automatic, not manual. Think about it this way (this is only for illustration purposes): imagine you have a circular cog gear that is spinning extremely fast (5000 rpm fast if you can picture that), imagine that you then take a separate circular cog gear that is motionless, and, while the first gear is still spinning at full speed, you drop the motionless gear onto the spinning gear in an attempt to sync the teeth of the two gears. The motionless gear hits the spinning gear with such force, that the spinning gear skips, grinds, and slows its revolutions (in a matter of nanoseconds) until the teeth of both gears can connect.

Now realize that this is not dissimilar to what happens to your transmission every time you are moving in your vehicle and you switch from neutral to 'Drive'.

This is what I always picture in my mind when I ever think about messing around with the transmission shifter while moving (except for using the automanual of course).

MBfinatic

wow ok i deffinitely learned something new. ok well everything seems fine now. Do you guys think my transmission is messed up or damaged?