I have a few scanners. I have a Launch Diag that i bring that can read all the modules and also Carly for Mercedes with my phone.

I am in the process of buying a C3 Multiplexer so I can have real Mercedes factory scan tool.

 

You're sure it's Airmatic and not an ABC car? ABC can be a nightmare and very expensive to deal with.

 

OK lots of work done in the last 2 days!

Got the repaired conductor plate back. Installed it in the valve body and put the valve body back in.



The pan didn't have any magnets which I thought was weird so I got 2 new ones. New Gasket and ready to be installed.



Hooked up my Fluid pump and put in 6 quarts of Shell ATF 134. When I drained I measured it at around 6.5 quarts, so I knew I needed another half a quart or so.



In order to finish the transmission, I need to finish the engine lol

Started working on the valve covers, man those things took like 4 hours to scrub, magnesium sucks!

Ready for install.



Loctite RTV for the breathers.



Got a bunch of other parts as well. New Coolant tank and line, Maf rubber couplers, new coil pack plugs. New Breather hoses.









Valve Covers all done. new breather hoses installed.



New Coolant Tank and line installed.



Last thing was to fix the cracked coil pack connectors.

What a pain in the *** to depin the plugs. They are wedged there pretty good.

 

All plugs done!



Filled the rest of the fluid in the transmission and took it for a spin!

Cleared the old transmission code and tested all the gears. Runs awesome, shifts like butter.

Now just need to detail it

 

YOU ROCK!!!!!! Totally awesome.

So if you do not mind me asking, NOT counting your time, how much did you have to put in it in parts to get it back to PERFECT running condition?

 

I spent a bit over $600 to get it all fixed.

 

Look at you GO!

You mentioned about getting the conductor plate rebuilt. Was it that much cheaper than getting a new one and if so where did you send it?

 

DANG, ........ that is nothing.

WELL DONE!!!!!

 

Since my car has the 722.9, you can't buy a new conductor plate. It is adjusted to the valve body at the factory and needs to be replaced as a unit. Whole new valve body cheapest I found for a reman unit is around $800. So $239 to repair the board was way cheaper.

I sent it to these guys. 1 day turn around, good service.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/222493977135

 

Got the interior cleaned up a bit. Steering wheel was pretty dirty, seats came out great.

Installed a new cup holder as well

Few things it still needs:

New floor mats, old ones were some no name cheap ones.

New ball joints, they squeak pretty bad and one is torn.

 

Looks GREAT. As handy as you are, the ball joints should be no problem.

Now heat up the leather on the center console with a heatgun, then cool it down quickly with ice cubes and you will be able to get rid of these ugly bubbles.
Worked like a charm for me and has been good ever since.
Just watch the heat, so you will not burn the leather.

 

Worked on the ball joints. Ordered 2 from Amazon and only 1 came.... So pissed. Now I need to wait for another. I got one side done.

Pain to do it when you don't remove the other control arm.

All removed.



Old vs New



New one pressed in.

 

What do you use to press them in and out?

Chris

 

This Kit worked really good.


Also this one to pop the joint loose.

 

Thank you! Ordered!

Chris

 

Put a 1000 miles on it. Runs great! 20mpg in mixed driving, beats 15 I get in the hellcat. Couple minor things to fix still. The idler pulley is squeaking and the center speaker is blown.

One not so minor thing I will have to deal with eventually is a slow rear main seal leak.

Also planning to install a new head unit, tired of using adapters to stream music from my phone. Probably will pick up a Android Unit with the optical adapter to retain the Harman Kardon Amplifier.

 

Rockauto has a kit where it has the tensioner, belt and idler for under $100. Not sure about the E500, but the idler and tensioner were common failure items on the E350 and the kit was cheaper than buying the parts individually.

 

What kind of adapter you are using?

CarPro Bluetooth receiver by CoolStream plays music flawlessly from iPhone 5 in 2008 W211.

 

This one.

It works fine, just too many wires.

 

Do you have the ipod cable? I prefer that over bluetooth. My bluetooth in the my W212 skips sometimes, it's pretty good using the ipod cable. I just use an old iPod Touch and run spotify on it so all I have to do sync it up once in a while via wifi so I can use it offline while I'm in the car. Then I just stick it in the glove box.

 

Oh, I see what you mean!

The CarPro plugs into a iPod cable in the glove-box and has no wires or buttons. The playback is controlled from the iPhone and to a lesser degree also from the steering wheel buttons.

 

I don't have an ipod adapter or factory bluetooth. Only Aux input in the glove box. No power in the glove box and I need the microphone from the adapter for calls, so I can't hide it.

 

I believe the factory bluetooth was only for phone calls anyway, no music til W212. Not sure if you can just add the ipod cable. That's what happened after the facelift. Not sure about pre-facelift. The ipod cable provided the power.

 

It's not even worth it. I'll just replace the head unit.

 

what is this tool? thanks