Already thought of this. I don't have TWO bad filters...
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Scott Ritchey <[email protected]> wrote: > As I recall, this bolt screws into threads in the filter. Maybe you have a > bad filter? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel > Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 21:31 > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: [MBZ] W123 main fuel filter bolt is cross-threaded = buggah! > > I ran diesel purge through the 85 300CD, but when I attempted to change > the main fuel filter I couldn't tighten the filter more than halfway up the > threaded bolt in the filter housing. I assume that the threads on the bolt > are butchered, although visually they looked normal. I tried a couple > filters but the same problem - wouldn't tighten past a certain point. :(( > > So what is this bolt called and is it dealer only? Does anyone have the > part number? > > Andrew > 1985 300CD > 1983 300TD > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090405/00 > 068579/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090406/75f24d10/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
