I hate sounding stupid, but does the 5 cyl 3.0 Turbo Diesel have a flywheel when configured with an automatic. I do remember pulling the torque converter out and did unbolt something from the rear end of the crank that one might call a flywheel, but it was pretty anemic looking for a flywheel. Is this the piece I should match balance with my 240D flywheel? I’ll have to go through my old parts and dig it out. If this is the case, this should be a fairly easy fix.

Another item that may be a problem is the turbo and transmission interface. I understand when the turbo kicks in it somehow changes the fuel pump delivery volume using vacuum pressure off the Mercedes automatic transmission. If so, I'm going need to figure out how to accomplish this on a manual transmission that has no vacuum pressure. Does anybody know anything about this and what the potential fix is, or whether it’s even going to be an issue?