mcameron, how many miles are on your 1989 300E? How long and how many miles has it been since the distributor cap, distributor rotor and ignition wires were replaced? Deteriorated ignition wires tend to produce the starting difficulty that you're experiencing in wet/rainy weather. The ignition coil should have a plastic cover over the top connections. Your cover appears to be missing.

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Fred Hoelzle