Strelnik - Suggest you peruse my build thread on here. If you search for my name you'll find it - starts with "I'm Back....." but I never can remember the rest of my clever title.

I put an OM617 and 4 speed manual in a spot not designed for it ('86 S-10) and had to solve most of the issues one would find doing a non-traditional swap of this drive package. If I did it over again I could have avoided a ton of hassles if I knew then what I know now. It's 2 years later and I'm just now almost ready to fire that puppy up - probably just after the first of the year (I hope). So learn from my screw-ups!

Dan