After seeing this on Talbirs silver 500e, I really wanted one of these, so with some luck (and a shitload of dead presidents) I bought one of these from German Ebay. Needless to say, these are extremely rare and this one is only the third one I have seen.
Anyway, this unit was complete and included the switch panel, exterior temp sensor (not used) oil temp sensor and associated wiring.
First item on the agendy was to fix the switch assembly, which didn't want to lock in place. The seller neglected to state that this was broken. Easy fix though, using a small spring and a screw/nut, I fabricated something that worked.
Next up was of course figuring out the wiring and determining placement of the oil temp sensor. Minor progress was made by posting on different forums, but the majority of the info was figured out on my own, but thats another story. :deadhorse2: From extensinve searching, I did find a copy of the original installation instructions, no thanks to Brabus (they were less than helpfull)
So, on to the oil temp sensor, as you can see from the pictures, it was fitted to a 6 cyl drain plug and wouldn't come out. On to the trusty grinder to get rid of the 6 cyl drain plug. A hole had to be drilled in a M119 drain plug and reamed out to fit the new sensor, the sensor is almost as wide as the M119 drain plug, so it was a bit tricky. The sensor was fitted and some JB weld was used to seal the end and secure the sensor in place.
The light switch panel also required a good amount of work to install as the lower bolster needs to be removed and cut. Along with the bolster mods, you need to trim some of the dash metal as well. My opening is bigger than what is needed for others, as I removed the LED from the trim panel and mounted the Basslink volume control here.
The outside temp sensor was used, I just need to tap into the green and bown wires from the stock dash display. This was where I pulled illumination and switch 12v from as well. The oil temp wiring was routed into the cabin via a large grommit near the rear of the cluster.
The cluster LCD display is a direct bolt in for the original display. Only downside is the readings are in Celsius. The LCD display is also housed in a metal box sealed with lead. It was taken apart to verify that there were no jumpers in there that might allow selection for Fahrenheit, but no such luck.
The mods to the oil temp sensor/drainplug were just finished, so this has not been installed yet. Being slightly paranoid, I am going to run some high temp heat tests on the plug to ensure the JB Weld is going to hold up to the heat.
Oh, since the headlight trim panel is from a post 90, it uses a different light range adjuster, so my pre 90 switch does not fit
One more hard to find item I need to source
Anyway, this unit was complete and included the switch panel, exterior temp sensor (not used) oil temp sensor and associated wiring.
First item on the agendy was to fix the switch assembly, which didn't want to lock in place. The seller neglected to state that this was broken. Easy fix though, using a small spring and a screw/nut, I fabricated something that worked.
Next up was of course figuring out the wiring and determining placement of the oil temp sensor. Minor progress was made by posting on different forums, but the majority of the info was figured out on my own, but thats another story. :deadhorse2: From extensinve searching, I did find a copy of the original installation instructions, no thanks to Brabus (they were less than helpfull)
So, on to the oil temp sensor, as you can see from the pictures, it was fitted to a 6 cyl drain plug and wouldn't come out. On to the trusty grinder to get rid of the 6 cyl drain plug. A hole had to be drilled in a M119 drain plug and reamed out to fit the new sensor, the sensor is almost as wide as the M119 drain plug, so it was a bit tricky. The sensor was fitted and some JB weld was used to seal the end and secure the sensor in place.
The light switch panel also required a good amount of work to install as the lower bolster needs to be removed and cut. Along with the bolster mods, you need to trim some of the dash metal as well. My opening is bigger than what is needed for others, as I removed the LED from the trim panel and mounted the Basslink volume control here.
The outside temp sensor was used, I just need to tap into the green and bown wires from the stock dash display. This was where I pulled illumination and switch 12v from as well. The oil temp wiring was routed into the cabin via a large grommit near the rear of the cluster.
The cluster LCD display is a direct bolt in for the original display. Only downside is the readings are in Celsius. The LCD display is also housed in a metal box sealed with lead. It was taken apart to verify that there were no jumpers in there that might allow selection for Fahrenheit, but no such luck.
The mods to the oil temp sensor/drainplug were just finished, so this has not been installed yet. Being slightly paranoid, I am going to run some high temp heat tests on the plug to ensure the JB Weld is going to hold up to the heat.
Oh, since the headlight trim panel is from a post 90, it uses a different light range adjuster, so my pre 90 switch does not fit
One more hard to find item I need to source
