C43/CLK55 Conversion

[Pagz]

Hi Dennis,
Yes sure it cost as much to import it as it did to purchase it!,I had grown tired of waiting for one to turn up locally, It has been nearly 3 years since I begun looking.

Because It was purchased sight unseen I was a bit surprised,apart from the a-piller damage It was in better condition than the C43 in nearly every aspect!, The chassis will be sent to a scrap dealer in the next few weeks.

The 208/210 cluster is functional in the 202 and displays temp,clock,distance,odo,warnings like "lights on" when you forget to turn them off and also system faults when they happen ,however you cannot use the majority of LCD functions/settings unless you run the steering wheel,steering angle sensor with extra wires and any other parts needed, I intend to run the 208 controls/airbag wheel however I would like the to get the steering wheel SlammedC has in black leather and paint the airbag to suit. 208 colours are not very suited to the 202.
I will take a few more shots for you, the only give away they are joined together is a fine line around the gauges, which you cant see unless up really close.
Also nearly all outer lcd on 208/210 cluster suffer from ribbon failure as they are glued to the cct board, mine had been repaired by using spacers to apply more pressure to the ribbon and was working 100% until I pulled it apart alot now I need to clean the ribbons and reattach them.

I know for sure that the euro CLK55 started life as ME2.0 in 99 and from 06/00 was ME2.8,I have not researched these dates on the 210. however If your donor 208/210 has ME2.0 then I'm confident you will have the same engine harness plugs as your C43, I believe ME2.8 uses various different parts like the throttle body etc which means more parts from your C43 would need swapping over like engine harness and any other sensors/actuators specific to ME2.8.

I feel millage plays a minor part in the M113 condition, its whether or not they have been run on synthetics or lessor grade oils for extended periods. My C43 has only done 94000km's but I have an engine ticking noise that does not sound like lifters and gets louder with RPM, the service history shows the oil was not changed between 30,000 and 60000 and then topped up with 3.5L, the oil cooler has also been replaced or seals replaced, ...Very suspect indeed - this is one of the drivers to replace it with the 5.4, I cant wait to get it out and check the 4.3 internally.

Thanks Dennis, It should keep me entertained for some time

EDIT: clk55 ME2.0 ECU is upto ident F136789 except code 801 and from ident F136790 with code 800.(but wiring diagram detail shows ME2.8 happened around 06/00 ) the clk55 I have is code 800 F158434
210 E55 with ME2.0 was for upto 30/6/00, after that is ME2.8, ECM's starting with A026/029 were ME2.0, A031/A113 are ME2.8 as far as i can extract from EPC.



Regards,