As for those new-fangled electronics... I've created a prototype circuit board that interfaces certain electrical aspects of the car to a (regretably) windows-based PC in the trunk! I can now change the position of each of the four windows and the sunroof by tapping on the touchscreen connected to the computer. All is working according to plan and the theory has been applied. Something good and bad has happened on the other hand... My other car (the maker of which is a four letter word... use your imagination) has entirely turned to crap (another four letter word) the transmission is gone and there is no logical reason to rezurect it. but the good news is that I am forced to drive my 500SEL to work and on errands. It is getting far more attention no that it's my only working car. It does feel weird though, driving without a dashboard to hold my instrument panel. but anyways, it has risen to the top of my list of things to work on. Which brings me to my problem. It idles close to 2000 rpm and i'm afraid of moving it too much because i've read it'll kill my tranny. gasp... i've done everything i could think of and everything the shop manual said but it said nothing about what to do if the idle controller has no 12v positive on pin 2... I've tried to put 12v to the pin and it doesent seem to help... i've also traced that 12v wire to a weird relay with a fuse on it's top. that relay will not click when i put power to it either. unfortunately, i no longer have the time to re-vamp the engine. otherwise i'd have different problems. So now, either there are at least two problems or I'm missing something. Please offer any advice you can.

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Building an all new electrical system in my
1985 500SEL