Tom,

When I flushed my steering, I had to use a needle nose pliers to get the filter out by grabbing the holes in the top of it. It was lodged pretty tight in there.

I'm assuming the power steering is the same as in this thread:
http://www.peachparts.com/Wikka/PsFluidFlush

Here's a pic of the filter itself:
http://catalog.peachparts.com/RenderScriptTemplate.epc?_cmd=epccat_VehicleAAA&cookieID=2ER0I2KSF2F80IXBSV&yearid=1985%40%401985&makeid=MB%40%40MB%40%40X&modelid=300%2DTDT%2D001%40%40300TD+Turbo+Wagon&catid=M%40%40Steering&mode=PA&subcatid=M2000@@P%2FS+Filter&source=www.peachparts.com&clientid=catalog.mercedesshop

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