Hi,

I broke an M6 bolt off in my 79 300D's pin last weekend. Yep, that makes the blood pressure rise. I didn't use anti seize grease so I couldn't pull the broken screw out. I ended up drilling in through the back of the cast iron head (thank God the OM617 head is shaped like an L).

My mistake was my washer stack wouldn't sit flat on the head and the bolt got bent and then snapped. I have the funny head with the load leveler pump flange that makes it very tough to get a flush mount on the surface of the head with the washers.

I wish I had the special MB puller. My slide hammer was too long to get in there unless I took out the radiator which now seems like not such a bad thing.

Put the whole thing back together and patched the hole with that grey epoxy putty. Seems to hold.

Cheers,
Yoko