300TD catastrophic vacuum pump repair adventures

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A friend of mine bought a wonderful 300TD for cheap because of a catastrophic vacuum pump failure. He had a rebuilt engine ready to go in it (it will be the subject of another thread), but I suggested that I would try to repair the engine in the car before committing to install the rebuilt engine. He brought the car today, and I decided to start working on it. Upon removal of the cam cover, I found a broken timing chain, all but one of the cam towers broken, and the cam in three pieces. Upon further tear down, I found a two-piece vacuum pump. My iPad will only allow one photo upload, so I will just do the vac pump for now. I will try to post more photos with my laptop later. I was able to weave in a new timing chain only after removing the pan and oil pump. I had a challenge getting the old chain to move, as it was balled up between the lower guide rail and timing device sprocket. I was able to tie a wire on the end, and pull it through, and then turn the crank and pull the chain up and into position next to the upper guide rail. I wired the end up, and call d it a day. My next job is to put all the new parts on, crimp the timing chain, re-time the injection pump, and then hope to get it running again. I will post photos of the progress. Wish me luck!