Originally Posted by rayten

Greetings all,

I am in the middle of changing the tranny fluid for my "new" '87 190td and I am being asked to rotate the crank, to expose the drain plug for the diff.

Two questions:

1. Does anybody know what size the pully bolt is, my guess is 30mm or so, and I don't want to make a half a dozen trips to Sears.

2. And this one will show my diesel newness, is it possible to turn the crank as the book calls for at these compression rates without a 6 foot breaker bar?

Thanks.

'87 190 2.5td - legitimate one owner, old lady drove to church--- of course church was a hell of a ways away!