Having finally had enough, I caved and took the car in for a professional diagnosis. The fuel system tested OK, and there _are_ vacuum leaks that will have to be dealt with. The most amusing result was that one of my _new_ Beru spark plug wires was open-circuit. (Though I believe it was a short gap that would fire anyway, a bit. The plug was not any different-looking than the rest.)
I speculated, and cut open the plug end. The 1K resistor was open-circuit. I bridged it with a piece of iron wire, and taped it back together. What a rickety POS now. Still, the car was running better yesterday after this operation, more time will tell. No way it'll hold up very long. So, where do I get _one_ screw-on (machine screw threads, not wood screw) Beru spark plug connector? Or, barring that, _one_ new Beru spark plug wire? Really don't want to part with the cash to get another entire set. I have some old Bosch connectors, but they're all wood-screw. (Hmm, I wonder if the Beru has a machine-screw end that I can see, but that _that_ bit has a wood screw that screws into the wire itself? Still, it's working now. I'd hate to take it apart again and make it worse, just trying to find out that detail.) -- Jim _______________________________________ http://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