I started replacing the glow plugs on my '85 300CD yesterday and had all kinds of trouble just getting to the things. Got the first two our after about one hour of frustrating work.

Any issue with just removing the metal "spiderweb" so that I can reach the glow plugs? Will fuel leak like mad. Any tricks to doing this? Anything easily messed up by removing these fuel lines? I assume I'll need to remove air when they are reinstalled. Looks like a 17mm box will do the trick.

I did a search for this info but found no clear answers.

Thanks for advice.

Nic