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Updated response to questions
HI everybody;
Bigshot: Yes, if you're interested in the integrated fglights, have your dealer change the programming in the AAM to reflect "foglights on". It's not stupid US regs. They (MB) don't know if a brushguard and foglights will be added later on or not. They leave the bulbs out and the AAM programmed "off", the salesman should know enough to offer these to you if brushguard/foglights are not installed. My recommendation is to just remove the headlight assemblies to install the bulbs so you can see what you are doing, and again, use the MB bulbs.
Did you check out the rear foglight operation as I described? Makes sense now? When the integrated foglights are installed, just the top part of the switch operated the front lights, one push "on", one push "off", only the top part of the switch is for the front. And I "insist" that on a 98 and 99, the front driving/fog lights will operate in park lamp or low beam, but not high beam. I believe it was 2000 that this was changed to low beam only. We have had the fog lamps added into all of our service trucks, and we have had every year, no 2002 yet, probably not until spring 2002.
On the transfer case, I haven't thought to get the exact number, but there were very, very few made with a 50:50 transfer case split, I believe it was only about the first 200 trucks.
Biggest factor that I believe is affecting tire wear on ML's particularly, and all MB's with FSS to a certain extent (assuming same size tires all the way around), is that the tire rotation on FSS cars only takes place on the "B" service. This can be upwards of 20,000 miles between rotations, and that's NOT often enough. Our dealership has adopted the practice of tire rotation at each service.
On the windnoise, there is a service information bulletin concerning the elimination of sun roof wind noise. it was very helpful for us on the real problem trucks, especially the earlier ones. There is a "V" shaped metal reinforcement in the weatherstrip that attaches to the glass itself, an inverted "V". It can carefully be spread out to allow the weatherstrip to contact the opening more tightly. the adjustment (1mm low in front, 1mm high in back) seemed to fix MOST of them, the spreading the seal out cured the tough ones. have your dealership locate and refer to this SI bulletin.
Gilly
ps I will be pretty busy this weekend, and gone to MB school next week Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday.
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