I just dropped over a thousand bucks on my '90 250DL Wagon. New suspension bushings (some urethane) and Konis in back. New motor mounts, too. Feels like a different car. This morning, the car failed to start. One has has nothing to do with the other, but it may enlighten you to my current state of mind.

Actually, it died on the way home from the shop and wouldn't immediately start again. A few moments later, it fired back up and got me home. So today, I spent several hours under the hood rechecking my recent timing belt job. Okay there. I was getting fuel, as I was able to flood the engine fairly easily. That doesn't speak to the fuel pressure, but there was fuel there to be had, and the fuel pressure regulator is quite recent.

I did note that I was getting a yellow spark off the wire from the coil. I tried a different wire, and got the same sort of spark. So I went out and got a new coil. It's a cheapeaux especiale, Duralast from AutoZone, 36 bucks, but that was the best I could do on short notice, and I figure it's good enough for diagnosics, and if I want, I can get a decent one later. I also tossed in a new set of plugs. The car started and ran, but I note that I'm still getting a yellow spark off the coil wire.

So, two questions:

1. The simple one: What else might I look into in the interest of getting a nice fat, blue spark off the coil?

2. The complicated one: Now that Bosch has been bought out by some other company, fired their entire workforce and moved to Southeast Asia, what kind of coil should I get? I would normally have opted for the Bosch "Blue" coil like I put in my 1800, but I'm now trepedatious. Bosch, for instance, bought out Blaupunkt, and I got a Blaupunkt for my car, which went badly south just after the warranty ran out. So, any suggestions on a good coil?

-EdM.
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'90 240DL Wagon 'Lola' -- '72 1800ES 'Galadriel'