Today I received this tool http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/22MM-FRONT-WHEEL-TOOL-HONDA-FIREBLADE-BLADE-08_W0QQitemZ330494032428QQcategoryZ10460QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL%25 2BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D370443055589%252B37044 3055589%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4835674898353644578

Paid a $7.80 for it including shipping.

It's a much CHEAPER option than anything else I've seen.

Now I just need to find a place where I can work on the car...

digi

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1984 300td euro turbo

you can also use the back of a large spark plug socket.

<$7 at just about any auto parts store.

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

Yeah I've read threads about using the back of a spark plug socket. Believe it or not, I couldn't find one!

digi

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1984 300td euro turbo

The tank strainer on my 83 takes a 46 mm open end spanner.

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 167,870 July 2025
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

I think the wagons are the ones that take that size.
Never have messed with a sedan strainer......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

That's a pretty good deal for sure, I use a 22 mm nut with a 17 mm lug bolt welded to the inside of it. A standard short MB steel wheel lug bolt and the large 22 mm nut comes off the front LCA eccentric bolt on most of these MB cars. But if you don't weld or can get someone else to weld it up for you, the tool the OP found s quite nice at that price!

Ha! I will post a pic later of the tool I made from $1 worth of hardware, and a few minutes with a grinder.

I purchased a 5/8 bolt and 2 nuts from Lowes/Home depot (your choice). Locked the 2 nuts together at the end of the short bolt. Ground a little off each of the 6 faces until it fit snug in the port in the bottom of the tank. I then used a large adjustable wrench and it loosened effortlessly.

Thanks for sharing the link !

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85 300D 3 pedal. Current project.
83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

I just bought the 22mm allen wrench at cheapie freight for ten bucks. It wasn't a bad deal.

FYI: Allen wrench fuel tank screen tool
FYI: Allen wrench fuel tank screen tool

I used the 22 mm nut comes off the front LCA eccentric bolt. I heated it and bent it 90 degrees. Done.

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'70 F100 shortbed
'82 Diesel Westy
'83 Euro 300TD
Curtlo Viper
Yeti ARC
Surly long haul trucker

Why would you bend the 22mm nut 90* ?

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85 300D 3 pedal. Current project.
83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

I think he bent the bolt, to use the bend for leverage

picture.

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