{"id":341,"date":"2017-01-28T02:07:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T02:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2017-01-28T02:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T02:37:24","slug":"spark-plug-replacement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/car-repairs-and-maintenance\/spark-plug-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark Plug Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><big>2002 Mercedes SLK 230<\/big><\/big><br \/>\n(R170 Chassis)<\/p>\n<p><b>I replaced my spark plugs at 50,000 miles.\u00a0 The procedure is a bit tricky because you first have to remove the coil assemblies, which requires a\u00a0Torx Socket\u00a0set (such as Car Quest STL 26750 &#8212; $17.99).<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Start by removing the three hex screws on the orange &#8220;Compressor&#8221; cover.\u00a0 This gives you access to the spark plug coils:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"SLK Spark Plug Coils\" src=\"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/Discoveries\/IMG_0539.jpg\" alt=\"SLK Spark Plug Coils\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Remove the wire harness from each coil by pressing down on the lever and pulling straight out:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coil Wire Harness Removal\" src=\"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/Discoveries\/IMG_0548.jpg\" alt=\"Coil Wire Harness Removal\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice that the coils are held in by Torx bolts.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll need a Torx socket to remove these:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Torx Bolt on Spark Plug Coil\" src=\"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/Discoveries\/IMG_0540.jpg\" alt=\"Torx Bolt on Spark Plug Coil\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>You can now just pull out the coil assembly:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Removing the Coil Assembly\" src=\"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/Discoveries\/IMG_0544.jpg\" alt=\"Removing the Coil Assembly\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<b>The Spark Plugs can now be replaced with a standard spark plug socket and extension.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assembly is the reverse procedure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><small><i>Updated: January\u00a02017<\/i><\/small>\r\n<small><i>Contact:\u00a0Hoeren at Comcast dot net<\/i><\/small><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2002 Mercedes SLK 230 (R170 Chassis) I replaced my spark plugs at 50,000 miles.\u00a0 The procedure is a bit tricky because you first have to remove the coil assemblies, which requires a\u00a0Torx Socket\u00a0set (such as Car Quest STL 26750 &#8212; $17.99). Start by removing the three hex screws on the orange &#8220;Compressor&#8221; cover.\u00a0 This gives &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/car-repairs-and-maintenance\/spark-plug-replacement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spark Plug Replacement<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":289,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/345"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerdhoeren.me\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}