And I forgot to mention something else!

My experience of removing the cover on the front of the OM617 vacuum pump has not been a good one. In my case the screws were corroded into place and needed to be drilled out. Bear this in mind if you try to remove the cover with the pump in-situ => you could make more work for yourself if like mine the screws are corroded into place. I think it is easier to drill out screws on the cover of the pump with the pump removed.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!