Hello,

A 9/16" allen is one of those sizes that is usually close enough to work on a 14mm. However having the 14mm is best. You can order some good German or equivalent oil filters from many suppliers. They are typically around $5.00 ea. Kneckt, Mann, Hengst, Bosch, Mahle are some good brands.

Tom Hanson at the Classic Center stocks all those other filter seals. However if you supply your local dealer with the part numbers, this is the key to success, and the parts get free shiping to the dealer near you.

The W113 pagoda SL website has a good breakdown with all the part numbers for those rubber seals, suppliers also. You could also look into oil filters from the Peach Parts people ?

I have seen some aftermarket oil filters that are actually 1/8" shorter than the original oil filters, so even with the new seals, the filter does not seal against the upper seal.

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Joe Alexander
Blacklick, Ohio
1964 220SE Rally (La Carrera Panamericana someday)
1966 Unimog 404s (Swedish Army)
1969 300SEL 6.3 (sold)
1969 280SL Pagoda
1973 280SEL 4.5
1974 450SLC FIA Rally car (standard trans)
1982 300D turbo (winter driver)
1986 560SEC
1989 Unimog FLU419 (US Army)
1991 300TE (wife)
2002 SLK 32 AMG (350 hp)