I put this on the other fuel filter thread as well.

Recommend that diesel drivers keep a spare spin-on fuel filter and 22 mm wrench in their trunk. The filter in my `84 300D burst about ten years ago.

I was about an hour north of Bangor, Maine and was just able to get to Bangor International airport to rent a car before the fuel ran out and the airport closed. Of course, I had my manager traveling with me that day, and had to get him to Portland.

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Anders

1995 E300
2015 VW TDI Sportwagen 15K
1977 240D (197K)
2002 Subaru Legacy L Wagon (115k) (Wife's)
Gone but not forgotten:
2005 Buick LeSabre
1998 C230
1984 300D
1983 240D
1981 300SD
1974 240D
1974 Fiat 124 Spider
1968 Triumph TR250