Well I switched over to euro lights (Depo's) on my 300e a few days ago, and I am very impressed with the quality and output of the lights. I have a few questions. I was unable to hook up the city lights because I could not get both wires in the holes in the pin top and soldered. Is there a trick to this? Do I just need another person to hold the wires?

Also, now when I flip on my right turn signal (same side I tried unsuccessfully to connect city light wire) the bulb out (!) signal usually flashes on the instrument cluster, but once in a while it won't flash. Could this possibly be a result of my soldering job? I'm not sure what to think because I was under the impression I was soldering to the pin for parking light control (pin #3), so why would the bulb out warning come on when the turn signal is engaged, if I did not even touch that pin? as a side note, I replaced both the bulbs in the side markers when I did all the other work, but my left turn signal has no problem.

And finally, my idle has become considerably rough on first startup and when idling in drive (not so bad when in park). The economy gauge on my instrument cluster hovers about a quarter of the way to max when the idle is rough in drive, and drops back down to min. when I put it in park. The oil pressure also fluctuates a bit during the rough idling and is lower overall then it used to be. Now, I recently changed the distributor cap and rotor in the car and left the old gasket and rear plate in place even though it was a bit chipped (still one solid piece). I did this because I did not have a replacement rear plate on hand. I do not have a torque wrench, so I estimated when I tightened up the new rotor. Could any of these things cause the idle trouble I am having? It only appeared after I did the work, but not right afterward, a few days later. Thanks in advance for any responses.

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