okay, i'm ready to get to work on resolving this problem this morning, and will begin along the fuel filter/fuel strainer line. sounds like i should ignore the turbo and discount the injection pump b/c she did fine on the highway?

wondering what everyone thinks of that idea of switching the "send" and "return" lines to start sucking fuel from and "unstrained" fuel tank source? if so, where IS the return line???) will that be risky or ill-advised on some level,
OR for that matter,
can i plug some sort of hand-pump into the fuel sending hose and force air back to reverse back through the hose and strainer, hopefully clearing it out and buying me some time? can you think of any reasons not to? (i'm trying to get this resolved within 24 hours, starting on a sunday morning in a friend's apartment parking lot, with no way to drain the tank myself).

also, should i be worrying about the fact that somebody replaced the little fuel hoses that run from injector to injector with some really wimpy vacuum tubing? or will that serve fine for a while?

also, the last injector's outlet nipple (nearest the firewall) just has a piece of fuel hose on it that's been plugged with a little plug...i can't remember noticing that on my other wagons, so can someone tell me if that's normal?

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-lee
'83 300CDT (286k)

former proud owner of:
'85 mercedes euro 300TD
'80 mercedes 300TD
'77 mercedes 280e
'80 mercedes euro 250
'82 mercedes euro 250