The LCD instrument clusters are known to fail in the W220's pretty commonly. Especially now since the cars are hitting 20+ years old. The eBay repair service is around $150 and removing the instrument cluster takes like 10 seconds using the keys.
I know it's not a factory fix but... you could pick up some thin aluminum flat stock (1/16") and epoxy it to the headlights to make some tabs to secure them. You could hit it with some paint to camouflage the repair. That's probably what I'd do, but then again, I'm not as meticulous as you are. Just a thought.
While sorting out infinite electrical issues left for you by whatever mastermind set them up originally my be stressful, you do have that beautiful v12 to start up each day! Remember, you paid for a v12 and got the car as a consolation prize! Haha!
Excellent work! Glad to see an old hot rod back in good running condition. Gives me inspiration for my 95SL600 that has a variety of non-fatal (at this point) issues
Mike where did you get your mechanical want to/desire from? I appreciate the fact that you demonstrate the desire to repair your cars without needing a two post lift thousands of dollars in specialty tool, you do it with normal stuff a jack and jack stands. Thanks for some real down to earth videos.
Oh really we heard you reading fast😁 so this is what SAM is all about I was thinking that thing was Surface to Air 😁😁😁. Glad to see that she is coming back to life. Very interesting
I have an 05 SL500 in the shop now that came in from another shop. It had the battery light on and wouldn't go away. They replaced both batteries and the alternator. WE replaced the alternator with a factory M/B unit and the battery control module. Still acting up. I finally tracked things down to no communication with the right SAM. Replaced the right SAM and no more battery message. BUT, the left headlight would blink on and off..... Yes, the ballast is good. Replaced the left SAM and all id good with the SL500 world now. SO........ YES...... SAMs control a ton of stuff.
Congrats Mwm on getting the sam working for u. where ur sam control is is where my battery is at. I have a 2006 mercedes benz clk350 and my battery is under the cabin airfilter box on the leftside. same spot as ur sam control.
I also have to ask, why don’t you use Electrical contact cleaner on electrical parts before inserting them into the car. It might help with weird stuttering issues these modules seem to have.
You did a really good job on this car, you are becoming very professional on those s class chassis knowing alot about them which is great. Love your videos and best of luck
Hi from uk MRM pleased shes coming along nicely the gremlins are definitely turning back to mogwai 👌 maybe when dash was discoing I think summit may not have seated properly on the sams and maybe light switch kinda robbing power but all sorted now not to worry lol cant wait to see what performance upgrades you give tho squeeze her for every pony shes got I say lol and legends face when you where dissing him for tool wettages 😍😂 oh dogs mate mans bestie💓 and dumbfounded hes dumb I found him (al be honest I thought is aas quite funny I chuckled 😂 lol thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👋👍
Glad to see you got your lights to work I really like that car cant wait to see when u have it all back to 100 an it really rose sound good bet even better when u decide to give it a lil noise
131st! I own 2 Mercedes Benz’ 1994 300CE, and a 2015 S550 4matic. Have done a lot of work replacing broken plastic interior pieces and topped off fluids. Had an issue with the dash lights, but after talking about taking it in to have them fixed,after 3 years of them not working, to the 2015, the next day the dash lights decide to work. And have ever since. I think he didn’t want to be in a non-heated garage again. As it did when I had to have the convertible hydraulics fixed and replaced. The only person that I could find that worked on that issue was in Denver,750 miles away. He sat at that I heated garage for about a month until the parts came in for the fix. I know my limitations! The only thing I’ve done with the 2015 is check the oil. But would love to find 20inch chrome AMG wheels that don’t cost me $3000. eBay wants a small fortune for a set. Any suggestions on how I could find some a little more reasonable? Roger in Pierre South Dakota
Mike, the small difference in part numbers can also indicate a newer revision of the same part. The SAMS in particular have been very problematic MB has made many revisions of these parts. If you went to MB to replace them they would probably order the newest revision of the part and manually setup the coding to replicate the options of the car. The sams are coded to the car, ideally you are looking for a SAM from a donor verhicle with similar trim level. If the SAM comes from a bock standard one but has the right part number it will not work. There is an option in XENTRY to migrate data from and old SAM to a new donor one. Ideally you want the newest revision of the SAM with the correct options.
Hi MIke, Im a subscriber from the philippines i love your mercedes content. I have a 2003 w211 kompressor and happy with it. i have changed my left and rear sam's too.keep on wrenching! cheers
Maybe a bad instrument light rheostat causing the flickering? Mercedes had a recall on the cluster for 10 years. Call your MBZ parts guy with your vin and see if he can help out for repairs.
you were looking for another vehicle type. would keep on the upper scale go with audi or saab whichever one has abundance of parts at cheep prices. hope spelling fair lol
Nice job on fixing her up. My s430 same way you fix one thing and another thing happens. Mike what glue did you use for that window I gotta do my driver side and front and rear. Mine go up and down fine when the weather‘s warm but when it’s cold the windows freeze the windows stay stuck and the regular regular goes all been down.
MIKE!!! All those people Calling for you to remove the LED lights are doing it for ONE REASON....They cause HUGE PROBLEMS in wiring looms that haven't been designed to accept them (ie 90's-00's). All the weird electrical gremlins you are getting are those effing cheap LEDS!!!! Cut them out of the System before you spend anymore of you hard earned cash!!! They will mess with the new modules you have just installed - Please we are trying to do you a favour!!! Good luck from the UK!!
Hi Mike, I have been watching your 600 videos with great interest. Looking at these corroded connectors with white crystalline build up points to a lead / copper corrosion similar to battery terminal corrosion. This is a somewhat uncommon form of connector corrosion compared to battery terminals as those connectors are not exposed to battery acid or the associated venting of hydrogen gas. This raises the questions on how and to what these connectors were exposed to besides water? Is this a flood vehicle from an coastal area which was flooded in brack or salt water? If so, then you may want to check all modules and especially the instrument cluster for similar corrosion. Your buddy Peter from Kansas
hello Mike, if you cant get a bracket for the head light, what about getting them 3D printed?. as for the big plug under the rear seat, does the s55 have the same big plug under the seat too?
It can’t really be over!!!
Nice to watch somebody actually working on a car. Love the dogs and your humor.
And Legend says "Why did you leave your tools on the ground?".
Good afternoon mike I'm a Jamaican and I love watching you working
Thanks!!
That chitter chatter was very informative. Thank you Sir.
The LCD instrument clusters are known to fail in the W220's pretty commonly. Especially now since the cars are hitting 20+ years old. The eBay repair service is around $150 and removing the instrument cluster takes like 10 seconds using the keys.
I know it's not a factory fix but... you could pick up some thin aluminum flat stock (1/16") and epoxy it to the headlights to make some tabs to secure them. You could hit it with some paint to camouflage the repair. That's probably what I'd do, but then again, I'm not as meticulous as you are. Just a thought.
While sorting out infinite electrical issues left for you by whatever mastermind set them up originally my be stressful, you do have that beautiful v12 to start up each day! Remember, you paid for a v12 and got the car as a consolation prize! Haha!
Excellent work! Glad to see an old hot rod back in good running condition. Gives me inspiration for my 95SL600 that has a variety of non-fatal (at this point) issues
Mike where did you get your mechanical want to/desire from? I appreciate the fact that you demonstrate the desire to repair your cars without needing a two post lift thousands of dollars in specialty tool, you do it with normal stuff a jack and jack stands. Thanks for some real down to earth videos.
Thanks!!
Legend is looking at you and probably thinking;" he's moving his lips but i cant understand a word he's saying, hope he's ok!" Great vid!
Great job Mr Mike I think you did a wonderful job on the video and the beautiful little car there
Dream on Mike, it is NEVER over when you have a full stable of German Cars. Let it sit for a week and go back, and it will have many new gremlins.
Dogs like..Im going to pee a third time on your tools before the day is over!
Yep 😂
You need to straight pipe this one. F1 sound!!! Its sounds like amazing!
It was the battery when they are low. To dam funny Mike. Stay safe.
Shes looking better as the days go by Mike! Hard work is showing results. 👌
All the hard work comes together now ..
She's a odd one but you got it fix Mike.
Maybe getting the headlights cleaned for the next video
Mike, the dog is going to be a dog.
Good Seeing You Back At It On The S600 Mike, What A Pretty Ride Man, Looking Forward To The Next Video Good Sir..
Great job Mike. Awesome video
Good video Mike... nice problem solving your the man......
Oh really we heard you reading fast😁 so this is what SAM is all about I was thinking that thing was Surface to Air 😁😁😁. Glad to see that she is coming back to life. Very interesting
Great job Mike.
I have an 05 SL500 in the shop now that came in from another shop. It had the battery light on and wouldn't go away. They replaced both batteries and the alternator. WE replaced the alternator with a factory M/B unit and the battery control module. Still acting up. I finally tracked things down to no communication with the right SAM. Replaced the right SAM and no more battery message. BUT, the left headlight would blink on and off..... Yes, the ballast is good. Replaced the left SAM and all id good with the SL500 world now. SO........ YES...... SAMs control a ton of stuff.
Air freshner probably for you to combat Randys fart blasts on the next upcoming trip! 😄 Legend🦮 look at that face.❤
Congrats Mwm on getting the sam working for u. where ur sam control is is where my battery is at.
I have a 2006 mercedes benz clk350 and my battery is under the cabin airfilter box on the leftside. same spot as ur sam control.
I also have to ask, why don’t you use Electrical contact cleaner on electrical parts before inserting them into the car. It might help with weird stuttering issues these modules seem to have.
I thought that can of CRC he had under the hood was contact cleaner. I could be wrong.
You did a really good job on this car, you are becoming very professional on those s class chassis knowing alot about them which is great. Love your videos and best of luck
Thanks!!
He revealed it all i could think of was Gabriel inglacies "20 bucks right their"
Almost ! Your getting there.
Love watching your videos and that ooga horn sounds great too , also happy St Patties da A7 y
Love your videos
Hi from uk MRM pleased shes coming along nicely the gremlins are definitely turning back to mogwai 👌 maybe when dash was discoing I think summit may not have seated properly on the sams and maybe light switch kinda robbing power but all sorted now not to worry lol cant wait to see what performance upgrades you give tho squeeze her for every pony shes got I say lol and legends face when you where dissing him for tool wettages 😍😂 oh dogs mate mans bestie💓 and dumbfounded hes dumb I found him (al be honest I thought is aas quite funny I chuckled 😂 lol thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👋👍
Great job Mike, I can't wait for the big Test Drive. Please Do a Smokey Burnout.
Mike waiting on that S600 test drive
Glad to see you got your lights to work I really like that car cant wait to see when u have it all back to 100 an it really rose sound good bet even better when u decide to give it a lil noise
Great video Mike 👍👍 Everyone hit the thumbs up button 👍👍
131st! I own 2 Mercedes Benz’ 1994 300CE, and a 2015 S550 4matic. Have done a lot of work replacing broken plastic interior pieces and topped off fluids. Had an issue with the dash lights, but after talking about taking it in to have them fixed,after 3 years of them not working, to the 2015, the next day the dash lights decide to work. And have ever since. I think he didn’t want to be in a non-heated garage again. As it did when I had to have the convertible hydraulics fixed and replaced. The only person that I could find that worked on that issue was in Denver,750 miles away. He sat at that I heated garage for about a month until the parts came in for the fix. I know my limitations! The only thing I’ve done with the 2015 is check the oil. But would love to find 20inch chrome AMG wheels that don’t cost me $3000. eBay wants a small fortune for a set. Any suggestions on how I could find some a little more reasonable? Roger in Pierre South Dakota
Sorry mike good luck buddy
Great video. Good work Mike!!👍
That's a big step 🚶♂️ towards the finish , good luck .
By the way , what's the place you order your car computers from , like the ones from the Benz ?
Mike was talking so fast at one point he could be an Auctioneer! Next car? Janice! Janice! Janice!
Mike, the small difference in part numbers can also indicate a newer revision of the same part. The SAMS in particular have been very problematic MB has made many revisions of these parts.
If you went to MB to replace them they would probably order the newest revision of the part and manually setup the coding to replicate the options of the car. The sams are coded to the car, ideally you are looking for a SAM from a donor verhicle with similar trim level. If the SAM comes from a bock standard one but has the right part number it will not work. There is an option in XENTRY to migrate data from and old SAM to a new donor one.
Ideally you want the newest revision of the SAM with the correct options.
Those pink stinky trees are my favotites... morning fresh... hard to find in my area
Nice work and thanks for sharing this with us take care
Hi MIke, Im a subscriber from the philippines i love your mercedes content. I have a 2003 w211 kompressor and happy with it. i have changed my left and rear sam's too.keep on wrenching! cheers
Will do! Thanks!!
Well done Mike, time for s test drive soon, I hope 🙏
Happy garage puppies 😊❤️
Huge progress !
And he saw light and he was pleased. Then he saw the dash and the sky darkened with loud thunder and He was pleased no more.
Love that!! Thanks for the chuckle…
I Love the w220.
Great content Mike!
It's a Mercedes. It's never over. An exhaust that say dignified but sporty owner or one that says Randy at AAR helped my pick it out?
I'm still under the impression that there was at one point water intrusion in the computer, or the entire car.
SAM is hard working chap
Maybe a bad instrument light rheostat causing the flickering? Mercedes had a recall on the cluster for 10 years. Call your MBZ parts guy with your vin and see if he can help out for repairs.
It’s always a good practice to change one part at a time to understand which part is the problem
Lovely, Love this car
you were looking for another vehicle type. would keep on the upper scale go with audi or saab whichever one has abundance of parts at cheep prices. hope spelling fair lol
Mmm ........green crusty goodness! Yum
Mike i have had a computer do that to me on my car,it was basiclly self training and after a little bit it was ok
Nice job on fixing her up. My s430 same way you fix one thing and another thing happens. Mike what glue did you use for that window I gotta do my driver side and front and rear. Mine go up and down fine when the weather‘s warm but when it’s cold the windows freeze the windows stay stuck and the regular regular goes all been down.
Another victory ✌
PEED ON MY TOOLS. I shot my beverage out my nose...
Ha!!!!!!
Nice work
Hello from Clemson SC
Hey Mike thought you had it all done.
Great video
MIKE!!! All those people Calling for you to remove the LED lights are doing it for ONE REASON....They cause HUGE PROBLEMS in wiring looms that haven't been designed to accept them (ie 90's-00's). All the weird electrical gremlins you are getting are those effing cheap LEDS!!!! Cut them out of the System before you spend anymore of you hard earned cash!!! They will mess with the new modules you have just installed - Please we are trying to do you a favour!!! Good luck from the UK!!
I disconnected them first thing!! Lol
Will you did it again. Another awesome video with awesome car.
Fixed in record time. Any reasonable replacement headlights to fix the ugly?
Legend needs some extra lovings from poppa
Mike have you ever experienced a tornado ?
Question… are you sure that car wasn’t under water 💦 “AKA flood car”
"Morning Fresh" is a typo. It was supposed to be "Mourning Fresh".
You gotta do a straight pipe it a crime having a v12 and it sounds like a v6
You should have say “the power of Christ compels you”. Before working on the Mercedes. Lol
Ha!!
Funkey trench Mike😂😝😬😱😑🤯🤐🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
Hi Mike,
I have been watching your 600 videos with great interest.
Looking at these corroded connectors with white crystalline build up points to a lead / copper corrosion similar to battery terminal corrosion.
This is a somewhat uncommon form of connector corrosion compared to battery terminals as those connectors are not exposed to battery acid or the associated venting of hydrogen gas.
This raises the questions on how and to what these connectors were exposed to besides water?
Is this a flood vehicle from an coastal area which was flooded in brack or salt water?
If so, then you may want to check all modules and especially the instrument cluster for similar corrosion.
Your buddy Peter from Kansas
I don’t know the history of the car. Sorry. But thanks for the info!!!
lol got to love the pups
A Mercedes like that always needs two new batteries to be working correctly.
Hey Mike, did you get the sunroof to go down? Hopefully it’s working correctly.
hello Mike, if you cant get a bracket for the head light, what about getting them 3D printed?. as for the big plug under the rear seat, does the s55 have the same big plug under the seat too?
Love it Love it Love it
Hey Mike, good video. Did I miss it but with all that corrosion on those Brain Boxes, was this a Flood Car?
No idea…. I don’t believe so.
Why do they keep both Sams in the engine bay where it could get wet? 😲
Exactly!
Mike, why does the Mercedes logo on the engine cover look so bad?
The outer circle on the badge is gone… and the glue is showing.
Good luck
I have a 95 E320 has being move since 2000 trying to get it back running
MIKE I NEED SOME HELP WITH MY CL600 I THINK ITS THE COMPUTER
Yes she is fixed.
Go checkout the MB e320 Rundy fund 4 U
Do not straight pipe.
Are you still trying to trade up to a Bentley?
🤞🤞
Hey Mike, are you selling the S600? I'd be interested
I might!
Do A proper tune up? to that Benz.
Sell it very quickly !
Niceeeeee
Go... Mlck love 😍. Watch