Recent content by kobold

I took off the distributor cap to have a look and all the contacts are covered in deposits. I don't see any damage to the cap. The rotor arm has some peeling plastic at the bottom, and the well in the centre is filled with deposits, but looks undamaged. Both are Bosch parts with Mercedes...

Car starts up great. Drives normally until engine is hot. Then becomes hesitant on acceleration. The hesitation quickly worsens over about 5 to 10 minutes. The car will then stall when accelerating from idle. It can be restarted and will idle rough with the car shaking. At this time, if put into...

I have a front coil spring problem on a 1991 w124 260E. The spring has broken at the lower end and I found a broken off segment containing two coils on the ground. The spring is now at an angle and poking into the inside rim of the wheel (see pics). The top section of the tyre has disappeared...