Below is a repost of some questions I asked on a 2005 thread just the other day. Since this is a new thread I thought I'd add these questions.

I plan on doing this job on my 92 300 TE with 134K miles. On a trip this past weekend I used about 2 1/2 quart of oil in 1300 miles.

Questions:
1- Is the KD 2078 which is available at Sear what people are using? It's a universal spring compressor.

2- Is a magnetic keeper tool, available from Mercedes quite inexpensively, helpful in removing the valve keepers?

3- If the piston is positioned at TDC of the cylinder you are working on then there is no possibility of the vavle falling in the cylinder. Is that correct?

4- There is or was a special pliers to remove the old valve seal. Is this tool necessary?

5- Do people use a small pencil size magnet to pull the valve up? Or for any other purpose?