I was never scared of this project until I opened up the fuse box on the SL600. Right now I'm carefully removing and labeling wires. The engine caompartment main harness looks like something out of a Gruman E2C Hawk Eye.

I'm kind of down for the week as I'm leaving on business tomarow.

I'v also investigated aftermarkes electronics. The only one that comes close to doing everything is the MoTec unit $5000. + $500 for throttle by wire option + $500 for 12 cyl option. It will talk to the CAN so the transmission could be programed but you need to be a hacker and crack the protocals.

Also I'm not sure if this unit will operate 2 throttles or maybe I need to get 2 6 cyl controlers with seperate throttle controls.

Therefore I will be making every effort to make the MB controlers work. In removing the main engine compartment harness so far I have taken about 50 pictures of all the routing and each connector and I am labling each connector. It looks like I'm going to have to cut the Engine harnesses (Very Painfull) and use MIL Spec aircraft connectors to make up some kind of extention because right now the only place I can relocate the computer box may be in the trunk. Then I will remake the Other harnesses by hand.

Since the electronic transmission needs both rear wheel speed sensors. I might bite the bullet and install the entire ESP system into the 560SL. That would be cool

John Roncallo

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