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    Hawkeyethenoo reacted to NorthernMonkey in An estate [Bought an estate, in a state] SOLD IT   
    FFS man, it’s £400 and 15 mins away?!
    If it was 15 mins away from me, I’d have been on my way 10 mins ago…
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    Hawkeyethenoo reacted to Slartibartfast in Well fuck me I got it working again   
    I'm really sorry for the prolonged outage. The server got borked in several interesting ways for unknown reasons.

    The site will be doing ol' Whores-Drawers dance for a bit while I fix stuff properly so apologies for that.
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from somewhatfoolish in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    New-to-me unit not arrived yet, Yodel missed delivery. Phoned them online chat later, asked rather then wait till Monday for redelivery, I'll collect from them thanks. That was sorted. Arrived at the collection point today, no SAM unit. They checked again. Turned out the driver on missed delivery return dropped it in the wrong bin, which was meant for return to sender and off tae Glasgow, it jolly well went. They, Yodel, hope it'll be returned to Perth tomorrow as it's still addressed to me, ken. I've to phone them at 9am. Not holding my breath... Shit happens. Proves that I need another CL500 as a 'parts car'. 
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from PicantoJon in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    New-to-me unit not arrived yet, Yodel missed delivery. Phoned them online chat later, asked rather then wait till Monday for redelivery, I'll collect from them thanks. That was sorted. Arrived at the collection point today, no SAM unit. They checked again. Turned out the driver on missed delivery return dropped it in the wrong bin, which was meant for return to sender and off tae Glasgow, it jolly well went. They, Yodel, hope it'll be returned to Perth tomorrow as it's still addressed to me, ken. I've to phone them at 9am. Not holding my breath... Shit happens. Proves that I need another CL500 as a 'parts car'. 
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    New-to-me unit not arrived yet, Yodel missed delivery. Phoned them online chat later, asked rather then wait till Monday for redelivery, I'll collect from them thanks. That was sorted. Arrived at the collection point today, no SAM unit. They checked again. Turned out the driver on missed delivery return dropped it in the wrong bin, which was meant for return to sender and off tae Glasgow, it jolly well went. They, Yodel, hope it'll be returned to Perth tomorrow as it's still addressed to me, ken. I've to phone them at 9am. Not holding my breath... Shit happens. Proves that I need another CL500 as a 'parts car'. 
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from mercedade in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Right front SAM module removed. Couldn't find anything obviously wrong or badly corroded, quite easy to remove. Now refitted loosely for now until the replacement arrives. Same faults remain are current. Have sourced an almost identical replacement, same part number, firmware and software versions, just from a slightly earlier production car. Marked Q4, while the original is Q5. Best match available in the UK. No expense spared etc. 

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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    It could well be that, yes, but I'm going with the SAM module first as everything works on the doors even the power close, so I think that's a symptom rather than the fault. That's my hunch at least. Cheers.
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Have made some progress via ODB diagnostic. There was a long list of 62 DTCs on 17 systems  to start with,  got those down to those below.  Recurring.

     

    Pretty sure now it's the front right SAM module which is on the fritz. Items in yellow are linked and communication errors. Next step will be to remove that module for repair/replacement....
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Works on the test bench.
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Have put the battery on the 6amp charger, will let that boil away overnight and re-test the cluster before committing to posting it out. Back of my mind saying could still be battery issue, but unlikely really.
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Well that was easy, stereo removal key either side of the cluster, click, click, pull and removed. Remove single wiring loom plug and the job's jobbed. Next !

     

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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Okay, battery reset and the three 5a fuses replaced and no difference. The fuses are getting power 14v, kinda looks like it's a clusterfuck after all. Bonus MOT ramp photies.
     

     

    Could we worse, could be a Disco 5 with a borked engine....

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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Thanks. The way the backlight went and then the gauges failed thereafter would point to the cluster itself losing power. There's a couple of places I've found which will repair it as a sent in item. It's been perfect up till now so can't grumble too much. From what I can see the cluster can be removed without removing the dash panels which I hope is the case...
    Cluster shown working.

    Pre_MOT photie. Now wearing Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres as fitted last year before the Euro trip.

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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Cavcraft in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    The Machine passed it's MOT today, first time of asking since the last ticket to ride experied, Oct 2022. En route hame from MOT station, the instrument cluster went dim and then, stopped working completely. No gauges nothing, blacked out. That was the highs and the lows of today.
    Bugger... Car drives fine, heater, windows all work fine. Headlights now come on with and stay on until the ignition is switched off, related, and the left hand indicators have ceased working, related.
    Had a quick look at the 5a fuses for the cluster, there's three of them and they all seem, fine. Now parked up with the battery disconnected. Checked for fault codes, none, it's a wiring or relay issue, or the clocks have just packed in? Anyway, 12months ticket to ride was the mission achieved for today.  Focusing on the postivies.  It's still great to look at.

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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from SiC in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    It could well be that, yes, but I'm going with the SAM module first as everything works on the doors even the power close, so I think that's a symptom rather than the fault. That's my hunch at least. Cheers.
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    Hawkeyethenoo reacted to SiC in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Is the door module shorting out the CAN bus and not allowing the instrument cluster to talk to anything else? Thus it appearing dead. 
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from spike60 in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Cheers, could be! I've had a look and it seems there is what looks like SAM modules on both front fuse box sides along with modules for the ABC etc on the N/S. It's going to an MB Indy to have it diagnosed with STAR or whatever, as I'm just chasing my tail and don't want to start fecking with things I know less than nothing about.  
    The good news is the modules appear to have good access, so half the car doesn't need disasembling to get at them.  Bonus!
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from outlaw118 in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Didn't stop me from buying more tools lol. £60 via Halfords trade inc postage. Will have a play later.

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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from 500tops in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Works on the test bench.
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Jim Bell in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Works on the test bench.
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from Vimesy in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Cheers, could be! I've had a look and it seems there is what looks like SAM modules on both front fuse box sides along with modules for the ABC etc on the N/S. It's going to an MB Indy to have it diagnosed with STAR or whatever, as I'm just chasing my tail and don't want to start fecking with things I know less than nothing about.  
    The good news is the modules appear to have good access, so half the car doesn't need disasembling to get at them.  Bonus!
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    Hawkeyethenoo reacted to Vimesy in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    I thought that the W215 used a gateway module, not the later SAM unit?
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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from lesapandre in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    I'm on the fuse box hunt now, have checked all three fuse boxes found thus far, front left and right and rear under rear seats. There's perhaps another one, according to this thread. But I've had both dash end covers off and it's not hiding in there.  The 3 fuses relating to the cluster are on the passenger fuse box and are okay drawing 12v.
    All the fuses checked out, except a couple marked in red. Couldn't get a reading from them. Removed, checked and refitted, same.
    Fuse box covers have remained on and closed, no obvious signs of previous water ingress which is good.
     



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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from goosey in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    I'm on the fuse box hunt now, have checked all three fuse boxes found thus far, front left and right and rear under rear seats. There's perhaps another one, according to this thread. But I've had both dash end covers off and it's not hiding in there.  The 3 fuses relating to the cluster are on the passenger fuse box and are okay drawing 12v.
    All the fuses checked out, except a couple marked in red. Couldn't get a reading from them. Removed, checked and refitted, same.
    Fuse box covers have remained on and closed, no obvious signs of previous water ingress which is good.
     



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    Hawkeyethenoo got a reaction from richardmorris in W215 CL500 Good and Bad news Cluster****   
    Plugged the cluster back into the car and it's still not getting power. Thinking, with this and the headlights and indicators not working this could be a SAM module related issue.
    https://www.mercedesmedic.com/mercedes-sam-module/
     
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