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  1. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Just can't fault her towing capability absolute beast!!!
  2. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Quite enjoying the challenge.
  3. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Is it possible to remap the TCU on these cabs? There really isn't a lot of info available in this area. Specifically on the W163. I have this same transmission on my smaller SLK230 and the experience is night and day different.
  4. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    I got to be honest I went in an Ml320 W164 and was astounded as to how well she picked up. I think the extra torque from the V6 coupled with the updated 722.9 transmission filled the massive gap I'm experiencing low down on my Ml270. I would go so far to say that the W164 felt better and more...
  5. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Sorry the images are too large
  6. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    These are shots of my catch can setup. Very much ver 1.0 but I'll see how it gets on then tidy her up further.
  7. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    The low figures were towing with a buggered turbo.
  8. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    That's interesting, I've been roughly getting those numbers before my epic yesterday. I'm really hoping to improve on mine. I have a big run today but it will be towing so interesting to see how I get on.
  9. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Glzze, It's like you're in my mind. The transmission was one of the first things I dug into. I read your post hoping you would say you had the TCU remapped and solved all issues. People have posted that the tranny improves with a remap or chip of the engine . I guess I'll find out soon enough.
  10. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    So, with the new catch can and being completely isolated from the turbo intake, theoretically I never will find this leak again as I won't have any oil to give the game away. Guess I better get good at torqueing down jubilee clips. Anyway, 2 liters of white spirits a whole lot of brake cleaner...
  11. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Now, I'm not sure what I'm going to do if I have a boost problem in the future as when I got to removing the turbo to intercooler hose there it was staring me in the face and pulling a massive brown eye! Clearly, I had a boost leak as there was all this oil residue around the connection, a...
  12. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    A surprisingly tedious process for essentially a two bolts out, two bolts in, route the belt, take tension and release the holding pin task. An hour and a half later while swearing at the ridiculous designer that gave me no room to work I completed round one. A test drive proved she was...
  13. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    So there we were, she feeling sorry for herself and me very jaded from staying up til 1am working on another 3 pointed star princess with my cousin the night before. Fair one to ECP, parts were ordered at 08:05 and delivered free of charge by 10:30. Great service with no concern of the normal...
  14. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Anyway, I request no judgement be passed as I was no more than 7 minutes from home so I opted to drive til I hit a 100°C than pull over and let her cool off. I got 4 minutes in before achieving this and yes she was hot. I did resort to borrowing a watering can to cool her down which was...
  15. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Right, I've had a massive fail which resulted in a big triumph. Yesterday afternoon driving back from town with the whole Fam Damily in tow I lost the alternator & power steering in a second. You guessed it.... she threw a fanbelt or so I thought. Belt tensioner had sheared just below the...
  16. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    OK so I had a bit of a set back. After the turbo change everything was much better but then I started getting a constant, albeit less prolific, grey/brown smoke. She also felt underpowered and kept getting a P1470 code. This carried on for some time and things got worse. Till every trip...
  17. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    Anyway, I have a short list of things on the engine than its time to look at the transmission. Basically, EGR blank, pcv oil catch can, intake manifold clean and maybe swirl flap blank but will see how the egr pans out. Then finally, Brabus D4!!!
  18. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    That literally is the short story because the long story nearly broke me.
  19. Collydog

    Brabus D4 Fitment Instructions.

    So the ordeal continues. Turbo rebuilt and fitted as well as cat cleaned with oven cleaner. Long story short, no smoke, a span of power and much better fuel economy.
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