I got ya beat by 5 days!! Not lmao!! But I did replace several needed items. All coils,and wires. Just waiting for my replacement tb ,purge valve,tb boot, and different ovp to come in now. Will split my wiring harness on my old tb this evening. And get it rebuilt for a spare. Yes mine has the same problems you have listed and thanks for the info on your writeup!! Check with chim in the classified he'sparting out his 96 c280 sport!! That be where my parts arecoming from. His was running and got t-boned. Thanks again!!