another new owner

       Some pics of 1999 G500 LWB Caversham garage supplied, i am told it may be a 2000 model year car as it has a multifunction      

       steering wheel, i hardly care, but if  that is a fact, were there any other updates,both either visual or mechanical between 1999 

       and 2001?      

Hello all, just going through the file and have looked at the V5, it does  not state that it is a import but the attached invoice from a non franchised dealer suggest that it is,anyway all cars built abroad that end up in a country that did not manufacture them must be imported.

I have looked at the sills and they look as if they should be illuminated but  they do not light up,further investigation required.

Buttons by dash pic will be posted soon, but are for heated front screen and alarm/ anti tow.

Yes, foot down on brake required to release gear lever.

Hope this is of interest.

        Hi Gandore, thanks for the welcome, yes I have got the UK G Wagon handbooks, I have attached a pic of the 4 instruction manuals, do you need any specific one? Part numbers are on the back of them.

 I have a pal  at my local main dealer parts dept,I could ask but possibly they are out of print,or of it helps I could scan some of the required pages and e mail them to you.

      Regards,

    Thank you Roly for the instructions, I will have a go!

Hi Roly.

i have been into Mercs and got a diagram of the sill parts, this is in the attached PDF which is the part number you are referring to for the inverters?

My dealer tells me its part 45.

Which is part MA463 540 n18 13    Total cost of parts is £479.42!

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     Thanks Gav, I prized a sill out and there is not a light fitted,now this seems odd as my MB dealer says my car did have them fitted according to the spec check, which its self is odd as prior to getting the car I asked them for the factory spec and they could only give me a data card with the codes but not the descriptions,as I have the original invoice I checked and no charge has been made for illuminated sills, so where they standard on a 500? My dealer says not and at the time they were a £1,700 option, that doesn't sound right,anyway, my front sills have clear wording which seems as they are for illuminated ones as the rears  are different and clearly are not, so did they all get a clear lettering on the front sills regardless if you paid for illuminated ones?

The garage that has looked after this car from new says it never had them, so could they have been removed prior to delivery for some reason, for example the purchaser either did not want them or if it was a option asked them to be removed?

Anyway my dilemma,do I order the 2 new lights and then find out there is nothing to connect them to wiring wise, or just leave it as it is?

It's just niggling me as I like things to be as in how it left the factory condition,are you Gav able to tell from the chassis number for certain whether it had them or not? My chassis number is listed in a earlier post, or if some one knows the option code for them back in 1999 I can check my data card.

Thanks again to all you helpers!

    Yes, I have attached three pics, thank you for the brochure copy, as you say, they are standar according to the brochure,,there were some lengths of wire which I have shown just sitting in the groove.it seems wet in there as well but the drivers carpets are dry, the channel that the sills sit in is wet as you can see, some of the sill seems to be rusting away to, the the runner  it sits in is broken and brittle.