Been monkeying with this some this afternoon.

From the front:



I believe I can weld a plate onto the adjusting bracket and then weld 2 tubes onto the plate that will allow me to use one of the holes for the R4 bracket.

I'm pretty sure I can weld a tang onto the bracket that will allow me to use the lug that's circled. I'll only have 2 bolts but they'll be in different planes and there will be 2 tubes on either side of the original compressor through hole. The yellow shows where the parts will be welded.

Top view:


The 2 short yellow lines are where the plate will be welded to the bracket and the long yellow line is where one of the tubes will be welded. There will be another tube on the other side of the lug.

Just kind of a Mock-up at this point. I'm going to have to pull the oil cooler lines all the way out and probably the fan, *sigh*... It'll clear the cooler lines fine but it's too hard to build stuff with them in the way...

Does this make any sense? Anyone think it'll be too weak and fly off the engine at 80 mph?

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1980 300SD
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