Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
Kaleb - When I pulled the screen on my '81 SD I used my 12 channel locks. Mine wasn't really that tight. Barry After removing the big line from the tank (this is a gas 126), I assume you just unscrew the big fitting for the tank screen? What I need to know, what size socket do you need to remove the tank screen?
Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:16:58 -0600 OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't tried a 126, but the 107 took a 1 13/16 socket. I took the new one to Sears, and this was the only socket that fit it. I then hadto grind down the outside diameter to get it into the hole - the screem was off-center in the hole in the bottom of the trunk, and wouldn't let the socket get on square enough to turn the screen. For a 123, The sender (on top of the tank, accessable by removing the first aid kit) and the strainer (accessable from under the car) both measure 1.804 across the flats. This is 45.82mm and implies one would use a 46mm (1.811) or 1 13/16 (1.813) socket. Craig
Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
Craig McCluskey wrote: 1.804 across the flats. This is 45.82mm and implies one would use a 46mm (1.811) or 1 13/16 (1.813) socket. I actually looked it up in a Whitworth table. 1 W is 1.670, 1 1/8 is 1.860, so it looks like the choices you gave are better. The acceptable measure across the flats for a 1 1/8 Whitworth bolt is 1.815 to 1.860, so there's considerable leeway on large fasteners, I doubt .01 loose is a problem.
Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
Thanks, but we are talking about the screen in the bottom of the tank. Seems like I bought a socket to remove the sender, wonder if its the same size. Craig McCluskey wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:16:58 -0600 OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't tried a 126, but the 107 took a 1 13/16 socket. I took the new one to Sears, and this was the only socket that fit it. I then hadto grind down the outside diameter to get it into the hole - the screem was off-center in the hole in the bottom of the trunk, and wouldn't let the socket get on square enough to turn the screen. For a 123, The sender (on top of the tank, accessable by removing the first aid kit) and the strainer (accessable from under the car) both measure 1.804 across the flats. This is 45.82mm and implies one would use a 46mm (1.811) or 1 13/16 (1.813) socket. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL #2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2, 84 190D 2.2 #2, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:05:03 -0500 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The acceptable measure across the flats for a 1 1/8 Whitworth bolt is 1.815 to 1.860, so there's considerable leeway on large fasteners ... That is a large range. I'd hate to try it with a 12-point socket, but a 6-point should be OK. An adjustable spanner would be the best. Craig
Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
Ummm - that's what Craig said - on the 123, both are the same size. They are the same in the 107, FWIW. On 11/12/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, but we are talking about the screen in the bottom of the tank. Seems like I bought a socket to remove the sender, wonder if its the same size. Craig McCluskey wrote: For a 123, The sender (on top of the tank, accessable by removing the first aid kit) and the strainer (accessable from under the car) both measure 1.804 across the flats. This is 45.82mm and implies one would use a 46mm (1.811) or 1 13/16 (1.813) socket. Craig -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives. Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
OK, I must have missed that. OK Don wrote: Ummm - that's what Craig said - on the 123, both are the same size. They are the same in the 107, FWIW. On 11/12/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, but we are talking about the screen in the bottom of the tank. Seems like I bought a socket to remove the sender, wonder if its the same size. Craig McCluskey wrote: For a 123, The sender (on top of the tank, accessable by removing the first aid kit) and the strainer (accessable from under the car) both measure 1.804 across the flats. This is 45.82mm and implies one would use a 46mm (1.811) or 1 13/16 (1.813) socket. Craig -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL #2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2, 84 190D 2.2 #2, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
[MBZ] removing tank screen
After removing the big line from the tank (this is a gas 126), I assume you just unscrew the big fitting for the tank screen? What I need to know, what size socket do you need to remove the tank screen? -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL #2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D 2.2, 84 190D 2.2 #2, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] removing tank screen
I haven't tried a 126, but the 107 took a 1 13/16 socket. I took the new one to Sears, and this was the only socket that fit it. I then hadto grind down the outside diameter to get it into the hole - the screem was off-center in the hole in the bottom of the trunk, and wouldn't let the socket get on square enough to turn the screen. On 11/12/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After removing the big line from the tank (this is a gas 126), I assume you just unscrew the big fitting for the tank screen? What I need to know, what size socket do you need to remove the tank screen? -- -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives. Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
