Re: [MBZ] Duraterm Chromium plugs for OM603

2005-10-19 Thread Marshall Booth
John M McIntosh wrote: Great info, wandering out to the driveway with a flashlight shows me the injectors are sitting in black plastic collars so that clears up the question. It does beg the question what is the plastic collar for? Not sure except to distinguish between vertical and incline

Re: [MBZ] Duraterm Chromium plugs for OM603

2005-10-19 Thread John M McIntosh
Great info, wandering out to the driveway with a flashlight shows me the injectors are sitting in black plastic collars so that clears up the question. It does beg the question what is the plastic collar for? On 18-Oct-05, at 5:34 PM, Marshall Booth wrote: John M McIntosh wrote: I'm ALMOST

Re: [MBZ] Duraterm Chromium plugs for OM603

2005-10-19 Thread Marshall Booth
John M McIntosh wrote: Thank you, so since I've a 90's OM603 would that require the 23mm glow plug, how do you tell? Is there a engine code rev on the block or something? Or by look? I was temped by the chromium ones since they come with a three year warrenty versus one year. I'm ALMOST

Re: [MBZ] Duraterm Chromium plugs for OM603

2005-10-18 Thread John M McIntosh
On 18-Oct-05, at 4:05 PM, Dave M. wrote: Hi John, That's correct, you need a different part number for your 23mm glow plugs. You must have a 3.5L car then, since all the 90's 603's in the USA were 603.97x's! ;) No it's the 90 300TDt wagon, being in Canada make it a bit easy to acquire eur

Re: [MBZ] Duraterm Chromium plugs for OM603

2005-10-18 Thread Dave M.
ailable from dealers in Germany (no more aftermarket from Hella) and the cost is approximately $700 with shipping (bulbs not included). =) -dm > -- > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:05:03 -0700 > From: John M McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] D

Re: [MBZ] Duraterm Chromium plugs for OM603

2005-10-18 Thread John M McIntosh
Thank you, so since I've a 90's OM603 would that require the 23mm glow plug, how do you tell? Is there a engine code rev on the block or something? Or by look? I was temped by the chromium ones since they come with a three year warrenty versus one year. Also thanks for the e500 lighting p

[MBZ] Duraterm Chromium plugs for OM603

2005-10-18 Thread Dave M.
Hi John, The Duraterm part numbers are here for the 25mm plugs used on the 86/87 OM603: http://www.w124performance.com/images/OM603_misc/afterglow_parts1.jpg The only difference between these and the standard Duraterm is, AFAICT, the external chrome plating. I'm not sure if it's worth the hassle