Well, I finished doing all five plugs (bosch) today. I just skipped the part on reaming the holes and had no further trouble.

I didn't keep track of the exact time it took as I didn't dedicate all my time at once, but would guess I spent nearly four hours changing all plugs out without removing any of the fuel lines.

Is it just me, or when working on cars is the number one item I spend time on is trying to retrieve dropped tools? If I didn't keep one of those spring loaded part retreivers handy I would still be out there looking for a dropped wrench between the pump and the lower crankcase.

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1984 300d
165k miles