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Dave M
1) Since an ECU from MB is $2500 and a used one is 1/10 the price, are there any significant issues associated with swapping another one in? Since the ECU is still a guess, its hard to justify the $$. I read something about not being able to swap it out on vehicles newer than 2000.
Welp, I dono when mercedes stared with the UBER security system, but they have electronic coding for all PARTS of the car, if the code from the trans does not match with the code from the engine the car will not go anywhere.
They did this to prevent cars being stolen then parted out.
Conforti chip, K&N filter, Racing-dyn sways, EBC pad/rotor, SS brakelines, UUC DSSR, custom sound+alpine receiver, 17" PS2s, H&R/bilsports.
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