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Fwiw, this connector is still being used in the 2017 958 for the LIN bus connector under the center console mode buttons (pas, diff, sport+, etc).  Albeit with just 3 pins actually in the connector instead of the four it can hold, one spot is empty.

TE makes it, but the -1 variant is restricted to automakers.  

http://www.te.com/usa-en/product-1-1355397-1.html

Not sure but the -3 variant looks pretty much the same.

http://www.te.com/usa-en/product-1-1355397-3.html

I generally try not to resurrect zombie posts from the dead, but search brought me here via the Mercedes number, and that gave me a jump on more search words.  Maybe the next guy will come along in another decade..

14 hours ago, deilenberger said:

It's Don Eilenberger..

 

Basically http://www.obd2tool.com/goods-5052-Launch+X431+iCarScan+Bluetooth+Diagnostic+Scanner+for+Android.html - although I ordered mine over a year ago. I'm using the Android based software. I haven't heard from anyone trying to use the iPhone based software yet.  As far as the Porsche version - whatever was the latest download.

Got mine but it doesn't want to let me register it with the serial and verification code they sent me.

1 hour ago, pastorom said:

Also, given that you only need a Qt (850 ml actually), i'm just going to get into the habit of changing the TC fluid every year/motor oil change, given it's so easy and cheap, and given that i have yet to hear why changing it that frequently would be a bad idea

 I'd also like to hear opinions as to why changing this fluid would be a bad idea.  

Obviouslythere is a waste of money argument but what about the issues or the presense of friction modifiers and any impact those might have on the clutch discs inside the transfer case.  I can't think of a reason why changing engine oil or regular gear oil would be a problem but transfer case with fiction modifiers I know nothing about.

I would hate to cause different problems by being proactive about transfer case fluid changes.