Did this car get a replacement engine at some point? Wonder if they messed up done electrical connectors? Maybe some wiring got pinched or misrouted and chaffed?
Max Dillon Charleston SC Apr 3, 2021 8:23:23 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > So I got a "new" TCM today and popped it in the 99ML320. Started the car, > moved it around a bit, scanned it, throwing the same codes as before but now > also for the shift selector. Looking in real time the scanner says Actual > and Selected (I think that is it) are not visible. Weird. Car has a new > conductor plate, new plug connector, everything is clean. It is throwing > codes for a bunch of solenoids and sensors that indicated conductor plate > (and had the same codes on the other conductor plate, which was also > supposedly new). > > This is making me crazy. Only other thing I can think of is some bad wiring, > which I saw some guy fix on his ML by splicing in some new wire where some > were cut or frayed inside the tunnel. I guess that is the next thing to > check. I guess I could also open up the tranny again and see if the > solenoids are actually working, but I don't think a whole bunch plus sensors > would be bad. > > As a bonus though, this TCM must be from a newer year as it would show actual > real-time data on the scanner, which the one in the car would not do, so that > was interesting. > > I put the Star clone computer on it to see if I could dig into it more with > that and it goes to HHTWIN for this model but then has no choice for 163. > Weird. > > All this electronic stuff is starting to annoy me. > > -- > --FT > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
