There's one i'll never forget....next time i'm just going to take the damn air bracket off the top of the engine.

Having small hands help out a lot more then you realize

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

So 1/4 inch ratchet and universal are strange tools? I like to see what's in your tool box. On the 617, injector hard line removal is not required, if you use the strange tools mentioned.

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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

Ever used long nose pliers?

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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

Mine are easy to remove, takes me longer to remove the 8mm nuts then any other part. I just use a 22mm wrench and an 8mm....brake everything lose and then use my hands to unthread them...granted its a 78 and I don't stand on the wrench to tighten them. On my 81 300d, I had to remove the hard lines because they were all carbon up...and froze....

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