I have one and used it on all the wires prior to sending the car off.   No 
troubles reported at that time and none when initial work done by indy to trace 
the problems.  Enough connection and arc of the short gaps hid the issue

clay


On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:46 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:

> An inline spark tester might have caught this one.
> I've got one, works a treat...
> 
> -Curt
> 
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:25:37 -0800
> From: clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net>
> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Engine Miss
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> Not that I saw.  He is a former dealer service guy.  Since dealer no longer 
> works on old cars, there was money to be made as an indy.   Very few gassers 
> on the road here.  His bread and butter are diesels.  Yesterday he spent his 
> time chasing an electrical gremlin in an SD.  7 hours.  Found it.  
> 
> OBD stuff does not work on Gump, Froggy or the E300D. Does not have ports or 
> has worthless codes.  He did use the meters and amp clamp.  It showed all 
> good for spark.  or arc.
> 
> clay
> 
> 
> On Jan 25, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
> 
>> clay monroe wrote:
>>> And what do you know, You win the prize
>>> Turned out that $1500 later the chase for the missing miss ended up being 
>>> the new wires I installed from Q.  Bosch wires with quality issues that 
>>> after a few hundred miles gave up the ghost.  Boots were not attached well 
>>> to the wires and began arcing.  This is the miss.  
>> 
>> So the indy doesn't own an ohmmeter or an oscilloscope?
>> 
>> Mitch.
> 
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