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Om617 need help - OiOiHooligan - 03-24-2017
Picked up a 1981 300td with an om617 and a 4 speed manual. I'm ripping it out and putting it in a project car of mine. Question is, what don't I need? I've taken off power steering pump, SLS pump, air conditioner, etc. I've heard of people just capping off the vacuum pump. Not too sure if that's ok or not. I do not know much about these. Any help will be appreciated. I want to take off as much as I can, and still run it. Going into 1930 model a. Thanks
RE: Om617 need help - Simpler=Better - 03-24-2017
Does the Model A have manual brakes? If so, just gut or cap the vacuum pump. You can slap the housing on a mill and cut it down a bit (watch out for the depth-the injection pump sticks into it a bit.
If there's no heater you can cut down & smooth out the water pump housing (Or trade me for mine)
FYI-The fuel filter base fits where the power steering used to be.
You only need the following:
Oil cooler has to stay
Power to the starter
Fuel to the injection pump
Alternator(if you want it)
You can use the on-engine shutoff handle, or cap the vacuum pod and setup a pull cable on the linkage.
If you want to clean up the engine more:
-Remote fuel filter
-Remote oil filter & cooler
I'll dig up the photos of mine