Harry:

It is VERY tight, but if you break it, it is replaceable. The locking ring with lever comes off the pump when you pull the plug out and rotate it some more.

I had to use a pair of channellocks to get it to move. It did not break.

Are you having the pump worked on or the engine, I forget?


Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!