On Nov 25, 2012, at 8:44 PM, "Alex Chamberlain" <apchamberl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Where does the special tool, aka thermostat modified with shell casing, > come into it? With OM61x engines it doesn't. According to the TFM in PDF 20-015 page 1 heading A sub 2 "remove coolant thermostat (20-110)". With OM60x engines it does. In the same number PDF for OM602 (w124) on page 1 under Coolant thermostat it says "remove and install forcibly-opened thermostat part no. 000 589 74 63 00 (step 1) I may be presumptuous, but I assume the engineers at MB know way more about this stuff than I do. I included reference material, so no one thinks I pulled these facts from thin air. Rick When in doubt RTFM. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com