Congrats!

Once, many years ago, I took the cluster out of my '79 300D. I had to go somewhere while I still had it out and thought "what do I need the cluster for?". Well, I started up the car and got about 200 feet before I noticed my pats were pretty wet. You got it, I forgot about the oil line! I stuck my thumb over the line and tried to turn around in the parking lot and get back to my slot, but boy that oil was getting hot! I don't think I made it all the way back before I couldn't take it any more. Had to shut it donw and stick the cluster back in.

BTW. I've taken out clusters many times without tools. If you can grip it right with your fingers, you can pull out the cluster little by little until you can get a good hold of it and pull it out the rest of the way.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)