I recommend replacing the aluminum sealing ring - I replaced all of them on the '78 117 engine. They were corroded inside and out, hard and brittle - almost as bad as the rubber parts. The only place I could find them was either the stealership, or Rusty.
> 4. The drain plug does it need a seal or some thread puddy when you > reinstall it. It has an aluminum sealing ring. Don't loose it. Craig
-- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager