The last of my parts arrived yesterday in the mail - today after church I set out to install a new om603 Injection Pump in my wife's 87 300TD. Piled everything together on my workbench, counted parts, then took it all over to where I keep the car.







New IP with the bags full of new lines, crush washers, VTV, check valve, o-ring. Everything.



I prepped everything that I could before I started installing it in the car. I mounted the lines with brand new crush washers - inserted the IP locking tool (allot easier when the pump is in your hands), rolled on the big o-ring.







How it looked before I installed it in "Spouse"



Having just installed one of these 3 weeks ago, this one went in really easily (and fast) - only took about 10 minutes to wiggle and twist and wiggle some more until it was completely in place. I was able to right away insert all three fastening bolts finger tight, then I screwed in the rearmost fastening bolt (forgot that one on my last install, had to install it with the intake plenum and all lines in the way - not fun).







Clean new IP - ready for final tightening of the three bolts and the left handed center bolt (to 45 NM of torque). Looks sooo nice......until.....



So - I'm tightening the main three bolts when my wrench slips off one of them and I hear a 'snap'. I thought nothing of it, figured my wrench smacked against the power steering pulley or something. I installed and torqued the center bolt. Then I gave everything a good looking at (to make sure I didn't miss anything). Well - I did miss something -







This is a cracked support tab on the drivers side of the IP. cracked thru all the way. Everything else is just fine from what I can see.



Question is; Do I need to take this all the way out and have it welded? Or - since the other two are fine, and I have the rear bolt in place and the support of the center bolt too - do you think I'm ok?



I'm done for the day - ;-(

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1987 300TD named Klause
1987 300TD named Spouse
1987 300D named Seabiscuit
1980 300TD names Chloie (now sadly gone)