Originally Posted by JCommiss

Hello all,

I recently undertook the dreaded glow plug change on the w210 turbo diesel. As you can guess by the thread title, things did not go so well. A brief run though is five of them came out with no issue at all, but the sixth was stuck and is now spinning freely in the engine head. I took it to the local mechanic in Colorado Springs, Salim's auto shop. Gus and his crew came to the conclusion that the best route for this would be a new cylinder head. They are renowned for doing good work, and I trust the opinion that they offer in regards to what needs to be done.

So now we are both searching for cylinder heads for a 1998 E300 Turbo Diesel. My question for all of you is:
- Does anyone have a cylinder head for a '98 they would sell?
- What else should I have replaced while the cylinder head is off? (the car has 200k miles on it, and besides a rough cold start in the mornings that was contributed to faulty glow plugs, the engine seems fine)

Thanks a lot for your help/advice/hopefully parts I will keep the thread updated as things are completed and resolved on this car.

Cheers,

John