Racerxjling

Anyone done the spark plugs themselves? Any tips? Did a search and no luck. BTW, I have an 06' E55.

Thx

Jeff

Vadim @ FD

Jeff, unless you have over 60K miles there is no need to touch them.

If you do them, do wires at the same time. Stock wires do not like to be removed and can be easily damaged, resulting in occassional, mysterious missfries that become hard to troubleshoot.

Other that that it is as simple as any other car, except there are 16 of them.

Racerxjling

Thanks for the reply. Car has 55k miles on it and was under there adding tranny fluid so I decided to do it. I am currently done w/ the right side bank and have another 8 to go on the left side. Didn't get any plug wires though...crossing fingers. Will try to post a little write up later in the week.

On another note, I drained the tranny fluid & changed filter. Since I don't have a tranny dipstick, how much fluid should I add?? MB parts guy said 6.5 quarts. Should I get a dipstick through ebay or the dealer?

Thanks!!

Jeff

Vadim @ FD

Jeff, just be gentle with the wires.

Eurosport

there you go
https://mbworld.org/forums/w210-amg/...wires-pix.html

same principle

Timeless

On a somewhat related note, what spark plugs do you guys like best in our 55K engines?

I've read where some like colder plugs than stock I guess based on their mods?

Anyone with some good info on this is appreciated as I will be at 60K miles in the next 6 months.

Thanks!

Racerxjling

I know what you mean. There isn't much room for your hand to get a good grip on the metal so you are tempted to pull on the wires. A little tip is I used a series of small/medium pry bars and a flat head screwdriver to pry on the little lip on the wire "caps". I used my other hand/fingers as well. This worked well to remove the plug wires without tugging on the wires. Make sure to push the wires back on snug til' you hear/feel the little click. I also found it useful to use a ratchet with a flexible head on it...made it easier. Justify the $$ of snap on tools!! You will also need a male TORX socket to remove the coil packs but don't remember the size off hand.

Jeff

Blacksport350

You can also buy a "grabber" for the spark plug boots and locks onto the and lets you pop them off against the valve cover. This isn't any better than a prybar or an open end wrench until you get to one that you can't hook with those tools.

lowprofile

Yeah, he's wrong. Mine was about 3.5 for the pan only. If you can wait, get the stick through ebay, or you can make one.

pearlpower

The plugs are not the easiest to remove once some carbon buildup gets on the longer plugs. I would not recommend running the factory mileage till replacement.

izzyz28

Yp, it was 3.5 to 3.75 quarts for mine. The dipstick actually sticks out of the tube about a foot once it's inserted all the way. All you need is the measurement from the bottom on the stick to the 80 degree mark(the stick stops on the bottom of the pan or a stop inside the tranny) and you can use a length of stiff wire or something similar to check it. I think the actual stick was maybe $30 shipped to my door.