Can you contact the EBay seller and confer over phone? Gives you a chance to get a feel for their level of competence.
Max Dillon Charleston SC Jun 15, 2021 3:37:03 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > I've been kinda trolling around trying to figure this thing out, to swap in a > new TCM/conductor plate to get the trans working again on the $900E500. I > see this outfit that will reprogram a used TCM/CP for $250. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/154014594726#viTabs_0 > > I think this car has a VGS1 and there are 2s and 3s as well. I'm trying to > figure out if I need to be picky about which version I pull from a junker as > it seems from ads I see that one version will fit a range of cars and > supersede the one that supposedly fits my car. I don't know if they are > specific to the actual mechanicals, or just an upgrade to performance or > shifting or something and fit the same basic unit. > > A new unit is $850-900, these guys will reprogram for $250. I *might* be > able to do it myself with the fancy Benz computer but the procedure is a bit > complicated. > > Anyone have any insights on this? (probably not as this is a "new" car!) > > -- > --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
