I did it once on an OM 615 in a w115 and it was not fun. Used a 6 foot black iron pipe as a cheater bar!
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2017, at 10:54 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > While it has been some years, from my experience attempting to change out a > block heater on an OM617, it’s a major league PITA that involves a very long > piece of pipe as a cheater bar with no guarantees. > > -D > > >> On Nov 25, 2017, at 10:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> The OEM block heater on my 1983 300TD no longer works. Is it worth >> diagnosing/repairing? Or simpler to just replace it? Are they a Mercedes >> part? Anyone BTDT? >> >> Andrew >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
