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I think I am going through a similar situation with my 03 A1. I noticed it in warmer weather and the vehicle would actually crank after cooling off overnight. I have the replacement aux starter solenoid but have been waiting for it fail again before replacing it. Since installing a digital...

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Got it! Turns out you just need a bigger hammer. I ended up putting it in a vice and using a VERY large pipe wrench. I had to take off the fittings so that I could get the wrench around it. Hopefully I have better luck getting it back together and started. Thanks all for your input.

Thank you! I'll try a bit more to find something local, but might be reaching out soon for this one.

Thanks! I'll check my local Fabick Cat shop here I think they are a distributor for Donaldson.

Unfortunately I did. I haven't tried spraying some penetrating oil in there now that the threads are kind of exposed though. I might give that a shot today.

I've found my people... I literally don't think its coming off the housing and I don't see a part number for the housing. GreenMountian has the fuel filter housing but I don't see a fuel/water separator housing. The Engine Parts TM doesnt seem to address it either. Am I missing something...

Hello Gents, I recently picked up a low hours rebuilt MEP802A, and went to change the fuel filter…I tried every tool in my tool box but couldn’t get the filter off. So I took the paneling off and just removed the entire housing. I've basically stripped the filter down to the metal that contacts...