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Originally Posted by Ryan Z
Wouldn't hurt to run fuel to low limit. Disconnect the hose and drain remaining fuel. Strainer takes a big socket. Here's a pic of my old one.
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1984 MB 300 SD Turbo
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I don't know where you got that strainer, with the hose barb coming out of it, its not like the OE ones on the TD's. see attached pic
The OE strainer also functions as a drain plug and has a hex opening in the center, I use a large (huge really!) hex wrench to remove them, its over an inch and I had to skim the sides with a belt sander to make it fit, I suppose its officially a Metric size.
You can also just grab the outside lip with a big vice grip or slip-lock pliers and twist it loose (hopefully when the tank is really near empty, or you get a lot of fuel coming out! BTDT
Consider yourself lucky, working on the wagon makes it easy to see the status of the fuel tank, just lift the covers above it and remove the fuel level sender and use a flashlight you can look down into the tank and see whats lurking in there. you can't do that on a sedan.
DDH