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Originally Posted by kerry
It's been a while since I've had mine off. Isn't there a spring under the cap which holds the filter down? That spring would account for why the lid flew off when the wingnut loosened. I'd have gotten those parts from a junkyard. And yes pull the fluid out with a turkey baster and replace it.
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The spring does hold down the filter and above it there should be a small triangular piece of metal that has enough friction to hold itself and the spring on the shaft. I think there is a limit for the position of this bit on the shaft so that the correct force is applied to the filter (assuming the spring is still in working limits).
As for the turkey baster - yeah - it can kind of work - but with that kind of contamination I'd drain the whole system straight out of the steering box.
See post #5 and #6 for the photographs in this thread:-
How I took out my 1981 W123 300D (euro) non-turbo engine