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Old 09-21-2009, 04:57 PM
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Spark plug confusion

No, this isn't another typical spark plug thread....


I have an even dumber question......

On my '88 560SEL, as I was troubleshooting the car this weekend, I pulled off the spark plug wires to discover that the spark plug terminal ends were never screwed onto the plugs. I've noticed this on lots of German cars before, but of the 3 or 4 W126's I've worked on, I've never seen one that didn't use the plug ends.

Did the PO just do something dumb, or are there certain models of W126 that don't need the terminal, and the boot just goes right over the screw thread?

Looking into the boots, it's hard to tell - it looks a tad too large to not use the terminal ends, but perhaps too narrow to use them.

They are Bosch OEM style plug wires with the metal boots and the plugs are Beru. It is possible that all I have seen before are aftermarket plug wires? The ones in my 300SE are aftermarket to be sure.....


Thanks......
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