The car does not have a distributor, it has coil packs. All in under the center plaque valve cover
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I got the car up on the ramps (which was more difficult because I > didn't want to start up the engine) and took off the belly pan (which is > a plastic-type material). > > I had Shirley start the engine and once it warmed up and started leaking, > found roughly where the leak is coming from. It's on the driver's side of > the block toward the front and toward the top. I think it's coming from > the water pump. The thing has a belt driven pulley and a lot of hoses > going to it and has the thermostat on top. Being used to water pumps > behind the fan pulley, it seems a little odd, but apparently they put it > on the side of the block to shorten the engine. > > I looked around while I was under the car and then on top and have some > questions: > > 1. How does one loosen the serpentine belt? The E420 has a spring-loaded > idler that provides the tension, but I saw nothing like that. The belt > needs to be replaced. > > 2. Where are the spark plugs and distributor? (Dumb question, I know, but > I saw no trace of them.) > > 3. It appears that to get the radiator out I need to take off the fan and > the radiator shroud and maybe other things. Is that correct? > > 4. Anyone been there, done that? > > Thanks, > > > Craig > > ---------------------------------- > Present:'95 E320 Sebastian 112 kmi > '94 E420 Oskar 123 kmi > '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 267 kmi > Past: '86 190E/2.3 > '72 220/8 > '64 190Dc Emma > '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
