I've looked and looked, but I can not find any Beru glow plugs for the '98 & '99 E300 Turbodiesel (606.962) anywhere in the U.S. The (supposed) U.S distributor has shown them as 'back ordered' since I first started looking in June.

The '98 & '99 E300 Turbodiesel's use a GN-948 glow plug, which has a different electrical connector than the GN-860's that are used in the '95 E300 (OM606.910)

The Botch (typo intended) glow plugs are readily available, but I really don't want to use them due to the narrower hex section. The consensus seems to be that the Beru's have better QC and last longer too.

It seems the only other choice would be to order Beru's from Germany via Fleabay - but that has it's own potential pitfalls. (No recourse against counterfeits / knock-off's.)

The other choice would be to modify the wires with the older style ends, but that seems rather extreme.

Does anybody have any suggestions? Has anyone been able to purchase any recently? Or am I just going to have to bite the bullet and go with Bosch?

Crossing my fingers...

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Current rolling stock:
2001 E55 183,000+ Newest member of the fleet.
2002 E320 83,000 - The "cream-puff"!
1992 500E 217,000+
1995 E300D 412,000+
1998 E300D 155,000+
2001 E320 227,000+
2001 E320 Wagon, 177,000+

Prior MBZ’s:
1952 220 Cab A
1966 300SE
1971 280SE
1973 350SLC (euro)
1980 450SLC
1980 450SLC (#2)
1978 450SLC 5.0
1984 300D ~243,000 & fondly remembered
1993 500E - sorely missed.
1975 VW Scirocco w/ slightly de-tuned Super-Vee engine - Sold after 30+ years.