1) Anyone care to post info on the cheapest/most effective valve spring compressors to use for an M103. (I would love to get a mercedes tool but they seem kind of expensive for a DIYer like me.)

2) What are any other essential... or particularly usefull specialty tools for this job?

TIA

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-Marty

1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831799&postcount=13
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831807&postcount=14