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Needed some blue wrench, right? I just learned that my '85 300TD doesn't have a Block Heater. My '79 does and I wish I had driven it to Texas and back, it was pretty rough starting one day last week when it was down to 25 degrees. I tried once to install a BH in a W123 300D, I had a big hex wrench in the plug and with a long extension pipe I was able to lift the engine up off the mounts (including tranny) but it never broke free. I figured it wasn't worth busting my back in order to install a heater I probably never needed. What a job! OTOH if I lived in colder climates I would have gone for the torch. Still, a terrible job! I am happy that MB is installing them at the factory now, have one in my '87 300D in case I ever drive back in the cold belt.....Brrrrrrrr!
1971 220 (gas) 4-spd manual 106441
1979 300TD w/ ’85 turbo engine 296650
1983 300D 243280
1985 300TD 223470
1987 300D 262300
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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!
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