Buy the shop book, or sneak by and look under "fuel system" or "chassis"
Thomas Kelly wrote: > Hello to All, > I'm trying to remove the filter from inside the fuel tank of a > 1982 Mercedes 300DS. Told that there might be an access panel to the > fuel tank, we have taken out the back seats and the covering in the > trunk to expose the fuel tank from the top and 2 sides. Having no > success, we tried to unbolt and pull out the tank, but were thwarted > there as well; it wouldn't budge. Fortunately it got dark before we > (my father-in-law is my accomplice) could cause any irreparable damage. > Can anyone give us a better plan before we disassemble the whole > vehicle? > > Side note: The previous owners maintained the car very well and > used a fuel additive that claims to remove water from the system and > keep the fuel system clean. After 800 miles of BD100 I checked the > prefilter to find just 2 tiny black specks visible. Is it possible > that I can forgo the ordeal of removing what my accompliss refers to > as "the sock" from the tank? > > My wife loves driving the car and having a fillup station at our > house.I dread the thought of getting a call on a cold, rainy night > that "the car stopped". > I'm ready to go in and find that darn sock if I must. > Help appreciated > > Tom > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
