amg4.3

Great hope you hear something from them soon as by car is stripped and i cant drive it also shifter is off

I wont strip the old shifter till you get back to me

amg4.3

Zayed i have tried the old shifter housing and it doesn't fit the new one

cm60k

Sure, it will not, without the bracket or the tunnel....

ZAYED,,

amg4.3

Any info from your friend or the guy in germany?

I don't understand how the bracket will fit?

cm60k

No any news till now from them...,,

The bracket has a larger hole & screw threads,, i saw it in my friend's car,, im not sure if that bracket comes in all (99-2000),, i have a suspicious about it, maybe my friends car some how modified from a professional garage or something...,,

I need to be more accurate about that, im still following around,,

"car is far away from me = doubts+suspicious+headache"

ZAYED,,

amg4.3

Zayed my friend i doubt there is any bracket available to make the hole bigger. I do believe that the hole was modified to make the tip shifter fit

cm60k

Yes, i agree,,

That bracket not looks familiar...,, that’s why i need the car here to picture it.....

ZAYED,,

amg4.3

If your friend can send us a picture of the tunnel hole that will really help am sure it will be cut so that the tip shifter can fit in then i know i need to cut it. Dont want to cut anything it might not need cutting but i doubt it

cm60k

My friend is the kind of guys don’t know how to replace a bulb, how can i tell him to remove everything to reach that area....

ZAYED,,

amg4.3

I dont know my friend hope he gets back to quickly

amg4.3

Zayed my friend anyone got back yet?

cm60k

Im WAITING....!!!

ZAYED,,

amg4.3

Ok i am really desperate to finish this off today as i am off work. Zayed a question for you once the tip shifter is in place all new wiring is done and plugged in will the shifter work with out no coding?

cm60k

Of course NOT, As i told before,;

Without recoding, the swapping will not work,,"ECU & TCU & DAS" they’re married & should to talk to each other properly,, ECU should be reflash to get a new data, some of the early ME2.0 doesn’t accept new data file, cause the hardware file doesn’t has enough Rom to save it,, and the TCU should be changed in only one case:

If your ECU doesn’t accept the new data, in my friend car; ECU&TCU are already accept the new data from STAR, Tip. shifter has the ID in the TCU itself, but depend of the TCU software version.....

ZAYED,,

amg4.3

So wont the normal gears work such as P N R D? Because what am thinking if i do this in my garage then i wont be able to move my car?

I know the tiptronic wont work till its coded but if normal gears work atleast i can get to a garage to have it coded?

cm60k

Tip. shifter is coded through the TCU goes to the CAN bus to talk to the ECU and then DAS give a permission to calibrate together,, honestly its

a little complicated for our car, i Realy need my friend car to give a super answer about the ECU & TCU CALIBRATION....

ZAYED,,

amg4.3

Thats would really help hasn't he contacted you yet?

Am with my car now but i cant find the cable which goes to ignition lock? The one which i can see comes out near the shifter but goes to the brake pedal i have took a pic which i believe is a pic of the cable on the gearbox will post i pic once o get on my computer later

cm60k

That’s cable goes to the back of the gear through the brake to engage it by the Linkage.....

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amg4.3

So its connected to brake pedal not ignition lock? There is another cable which i can see which goes from top of EIS to brake pedal but i dont think its that one

cm60k

As i know;, there’re "2" cables, one for the steering column jacket, and the other for the hand brake....

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amg4.3

This is a picture of the cable on the gearbox is this the correct one? which needs to be taken out

cm60k

Nice & clear pic., yes, this is the Linkage that you should to take it out & cover it,,

But don’t pull it out now, till i figure-out about the Tip. shifter swap first....

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amg4.3

Great i followed that to the brake pedal so it goes in that place where the cable comes off?

I also looked at the shifting rod its in a right tight spot

amg4.3

Zayed any new info from your friend?

cm60k

Inspected of friends junked 2000 CLK230K yesterday,, it has a different wiring dia. of my friends C55, as i Expect,,

1) Tunnel shape is NOT like my friends one, my friends one has a little different high distance, with a thiny bracket soldered in the tunnel it self....

2) I found-out that this CLK230K got an updated TCU(which is 20 32 /EGS52)

3) The Tip. connector has "10" pins, "4" pins is Empty,#: "031 545 62 32", & wiring harness #: "202 440 86 09", but in my friends car; the connector #: "64 32" & wiring harness #: "69 09"....



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