I saw an article some time ago on http://www.edmunds.com in the ML discussion area of town hall, about using a 3rd party changer along with the ML. There was an example with a ’99 and later one with a y2k version. I don’t remember the details. You can get the genuine article from http://www.clairparts.com at a reasonable discount over what most dealers charge. You might also check with partsshop at this web site to see if they offer it. If they do, they usually give a nice discount as well.

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...Tracy