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Was really cooking on the projects these past few weeks and in particular the MB, and then the oldest ended up in hospital for a week, so spent four nights in a chair in Fort Wayne, IND. One of the most beautiful hospitals I have ever seen. Very impressed overall. All is well now.
I got my double pulley back on Saturday. It was off a hair, so I got a re-do. It's perfect now. Once I get the remainder of my plating items, the first bolts to get plated are the rusty ones in the picture ... lol As well as the alternator bracket. It cleaned up nearly perfectly, so plating should go well.
First installed double belt system in the very sexy OM617.912 NA engine. I can run the 150 AMP alternator which is probably overkill. Once I get everything installed, I can downgrade, most likely to 100 to 120 AMPS. However, the double belt system is crucial to avoid belt slippage. Plus, most of the R&D is now complete for a serpentine belt system which is set for the turbo engine.
Manual brakes and re-clocking alternator this week, and maybe the EWP gets re-installed final version.
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