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I was looked at as if I had two heads when I ordered my manual w203. Worth the three/four month build wait...He looked at me as if I had three heads when I wanted a sport wagon. (Alas, he couldn’t order me a sport wagon...)
Love this!
Great work!
I hope you can get cruise working...
Just like I hope I can get my “advanced” cruise working...one or two ME clicks away...
There is no way thru developer mode to use Explizit or implizit coding to set it to manual gear box?! Or just use SDS to set a different region/ROW?
What if you set up/made a Rotary dial (hog out/use a newer Chrysler dial?) to fake out the automatic gear selector and you put it in “park and drive/neutral” as needed...electronically? Maybe even hog out and replace the Distronic dial in the convertible top switch row? ...although admittedly that’s a tight tight space and you wouldn’t want to destroy the PCB for top operation and CANBUS signals...
Nice.. iam in the process of swapping in the 6 speed in my 2004 clk500 just waiting on the clutch was to been here today .. the reverse light switch is just ground if iam understanding correctly . brown and brown/yellowish wire
Nice.. iam in the process of swapping in the 6 speed in my 2004 clk500 just waiting on the clutch was to been here today .. the reverse light switch is just ground if iam understanding correctly . brown and brown/yellowish wire
Thanks!
Yup, one side goes to connector #10 pin #6 (if i remember correctly) in front SAM and another to GND.
You asked the same question on YT, right? Or you need more information ?
Sorry for the late reply, I'm kind away from the car stuff for awhile Unfortunately I didn't have chance to figure out me2.0 didn't have a donor car.
No worries. My 2001 is ME 2.8 so it should be similar to the C55 you did in the video. What was the final resolution to fix the ETC/TCU not taking the variant coding ? Is he just running without ABS/ESP or with Errors ?
We ended up cloning my ECU to a non AMG 5.0 m113 ecu, this allowed us a lot more freedom and it fully accepted the code without error. Even with the variant error on the stock ECU the car ran with no issue with full capacity ABS/ESP and all other modules, it would just throw a non invasive CEL.
No worries. My 2001 is ME 2.8 so it should be similar to the C55 you did in the video. What was the final resolution to fix the ETC/TCU not taking the variant coding ? Is he just running without ABS/ESP or with Errors ?
Check out Mercedes Swap Shop, this guy is very knowledgeable has been dealing with Benz electronics for a while, I took my car for him to code it to manual (04 clk500) he did it quick, and very informative, his 3 hrs from me ( near Mohave desert in CA) does pretty much anything electronics related on the me 2.8 and working on the later stuff. https://themercedesswapshop.com/
I just did a manual swap on a 2007 clk550. The problem I have is that it seems that the clutch is not releasing enough to change gears easily.
Do you have to leave the spacer that was between the crank and automatic flywheel behind the manual flywheel?
That would push the complete clutch package back and maybe the clutch would disengage better.
Or maybe I have still air in the system.
I just did a manual swap on a 2007 clk550. The problem I have is that it seems that the clutch is not releasing enough to change gears easily.
Do you have to leave the spacer that was between the crank and automatic flywheel behind the manual flywheel?
That would push the complete clutch package back and maybe the clutch would disengage better.
Or maybe I have still air in the system.
Thanks for your help.
That's awesome, I'd love to hear details about your swap!
No I didn't not use that shim, according to EPC it only available for auto transmission.
Try beading the clutch again. What flywheel did you use?
I bled the clutch last night and it seems that it corrected the problem.
I use the factory flywheel and got it resurfaced. I bought the modified clutch kit from Kentucky clutch and they did the resurfacing.
For the electronic, Josh from www.themercedesswashop.com took care of it, great guy and very helpful.
I just did a manual swap on a 2007 clk550. The problem I have is that it seems that the clutch is not releasing enough to change gears easily.
Do you have to leave the spacer that was between the crank and automatic flywheel behind the manual flywheel?
That would push the complete clutch package back and maybe the clutch would disengage better.
Or maybe I have still air in the system.
Thanks for your help.
Great to see another mt swap. Also the clutch pressure plate needs to be bolted on in a manner were you dont trigger the self adjusting system. when i did my swap i was used to the normal non self adjusting pressure plates on my old japanese cars were you just bolt down the plate evenly . the 1st clutch i did on my clk i did like 3-4 turns a bolt at a time and had a issue were the clutch would not release after driving on the 1st test drive. so i got another pressure plate and turn each bolt less than a turn at a time (took my time)
after looking for some info and its been fine.
I recently came into an '04 CLK500 with a 5spd 722.6 transmission.
Have just started the maintenance on it, after it's been sitting for 6 years, but it feels so wrong to not have a MT.
Would you guesstimate the process would be similar if not the same as your CLK320?
Would also be interested in your process to getting it smog legal, since it appears you are in California (NorCal?)
I recently came into an '04 CLK500 with a 5spd 722.6 transmission.
Have just started the maintenance on it, after it's been sitting for 6 years, but it feels so wrong to not have a MT.
Would you guesstimate the process would be similar if not the same as your CLK320?
Would also be interested in your process to getting it smog legal, since it appears you are in California (NorCal?)
Yup the process is exactly the same (you can check my other thread, I ended up swapping 5.0 into the car).
Yeah... smog check (yes, San Jose ) ..... almost impossible to pass with combo v8 and manual transmission.
I did the manual swap here in NorCal and was able to pass smog check because combo v6 and manual transmission was certified in US (c320 manual, slk320 manual, etc).
I swapped v8 while I was leaving in Seattle (no smog check). When the car returned to California (SoCal, long story.... :-D) it didn't pass smog and didn't pass BAR referee, mostly because v8 and manual transmission was never certified by Mercedes for US (in particular mercedes never produced v8 with manual trasmission at least during the last couple of decades).
There was one story about a guy from California who was able to pass BAR referee with his v8 swappped Crossfire, but it was a long time ago, so probably there is a tiny chance that you could pass BAR referee somewhere in the middle of nowhere ....
Anyway feel free to ping me if you have any questions about all of that
1998 C43 w/ 55 swap Wavetrac LSD and 6-Speed manual
Happen to have the flywheel and pressure plate torque specs? My alldata expired and this is the only info I don't have at the moment. I think it something like 33 FT/lbs + 90 degrees done in a star pattern for the flywheel and 18 for the pressure plate???
Happen to have the flywheel and pressure plate torque specs? My alldata expired and this is the only info I don't have at the moment. I think it something like 33 FT/lbs + 90 degrees done in a star pattern for the flywheel and 18 for the pressure plate???
Pressure plate: stage 1 - 16Nm, stage 2 - 25Nm (1 to 1.5 turn at a time)
Flywheel: stage 1 - 45Nm, stage 2 - 90 deg
1998 C43 w/ 55 swap Wavetrac LSD and 6-Speed manual
Thanks!
Do you by chance know the plug part # for the 716 transmission's reverse switch - I have the switch attached to the transmission but don't have the plug/wiring side. Same ? on the clutch switch - need the plug/wiring to properly integrate for the start interrupt. I may have figured both out from the EPC but the descriptions are a bit vague and both plugs are several weeks out if I order - and may not be returnable.
(I'm swapping a 1998 C43 w/ a 5.4 and Wavetrac LSD btw.)
Do you by chance know the plug part # for the 716 transmission's reverse switch - I have the switch attached to the transmission but don't have the plug/wiring side. Same ? on the clutch switch - need the plug/wiring to properly integrate for the start interrupt. I may have figured both out from the EPC but the descriptions are a bit vague and both switches are several weeks out if I order - and may not be returnable.
(I'm swapping a 1998 C43 w/ a 5.4 and Wavetrac LSD btw.)
BTW, sorry I didn't reply to your private message, this forum stopped sending me notifications about PMs for some reason
I've never played with ME2.0 so I'm not 100% sure how to code it, but with C3 you should be able to do it
1998 C43 w/ 55 swap Wavetrac LSD and 6-Speed manual
Great - somehow I missed the switches in the parts list.
I think I figured out the cruise control disengagement and the reverse lights. I'm guessing the starter interrupt will be tapping into one of the 722.6 shifter harnesses based on being in park - but haven't dug into that yet as my battery is disconnected. Will hopefully have the transmission mounted early next week and can then hook up the battery and start figuring that out. How did you handle the starter interrupt?
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) ..... almost impossible to pass with combo v8 and manual transmission.
