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03-24-2005, 09:43 AM
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Did the plugs and wires yesterday
Put new plugs and wires in the TE yesterday and seemed to make a heck of a difference. Was stumbling on acceleration at times and even backfired once or twice. The old plugs were gapped at about 75 thousanths, so I doubt if they had ever been changed. Car has 103K on it now and 87 on it when I bought it. The job was fairly simple and could not see any deterioration of the wiring harness yet. Another successful repair.
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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K 07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K 02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K 05 F150 Silver 44K 
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03-24-2005, 10:35 AM
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Congratulations!
I did my plugs and wires this past summer but saw no noticeable improvement... Then I changer the Rotor and Cap last night... that did it, it started up instantly (needed to crank for almost 2 seconds before) and almost silently after sitting for a month waiting for a fan clutch bearing bracket to go in. 
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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
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03-24-2005, 05:25 PM
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I want to change my spark plugs!
What tools will I need? How do I gap the Bosch coppers ones from here on Fastlane? 1989 300E
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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles 2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles 1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles 1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles (On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)
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03-24-2005, 06:04 PM
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[QUOTE=Rahulio1989300E]
What tools will I need? You'll need an allen wrench to get the top cover off, a phillips screwdriver, a 10mm socket, a 5/8 deep spark plug socket, a long extension for the socket, a long set of needle nose pliers to grab the socket when it won't come off the plug and a set of channel locks helps, for getting the plug wires off the plugs. I didn't care about hurting the wires since I was replacing them. Just put the wires on the way they came off. After driving it for another day, this definately made a BIG difference.
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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K 07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K 02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K 05 F150 Silver 44K
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03-24-2005, 06:14 PM
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Hold on, I have a M103 engine.. so your instructions are a bit different.....
but I will try to interpret them! Thanks!
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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles 2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles 1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles 1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles (On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)
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