I am running the 240D on weekends just to shake things out. And speaking of shake - should the engine shake more at idle than the 300D - it does. The motor mounts looked good so I did not replace them during the overhaul nor did I replace the engine shock - I may go back and replace the shock. It seemed quite stiff when I had it out. Otherwise the car runs out great and I actually got up to 65 mph today. I do not see where I am going to have any problem with the lack of acceleration . This car is suited to my style of driving.
The following items are still on the "to do" list and or came up this weekend.
a) the cc does not work - I installed the actuator and did not get any response. I will start going through that later.
b) Set the start of delivery timing today and now have a good understanding of it BUT it is not as the Haynes manual says. The manual says to tie the throttle in the wide open position. I was unable to get the drops/second with it tied up like this but was successful in getting the proper drops/second with it in the normal "idle" position.
c) It is going to need a new brake caliper on the left front. This will probably be a good time to do the wheel bearings. Will probably go through the brakes over the next few weeks.

Now for the question - I opened/cleaned the glow plug relay and now I am able to get it to glow but the glow plug light does not go off even after the car is running and there is no more power to the glow plugs. I did test it and it seems that when I leave the key in the glow position the glow plugs stay energized and do not drop out. After I crank the car the power to the glow plugs does drop out. I suspect it is in one of the circuits versus in the glow plug relay. Also, once the engine is up to operating temperature the temperture gauge gets flaky (flutters around) and I think this is the same signal that tells the GP relay how long to stay on. Any thoughts/ideas will be appreciated?
thanks

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Jim