I had this in another thread, with limited success. I just swapped in a TD engine into a 1984 300D. I am trying to figure out how to deal with the leveler pump. Do I remove it and put some sort of seal around the opening? Do I plug the two orifices (or is it orifi?)? DOes any one here have experience with such things?

I woudl think you have to provide a path for the fluid to go- I'd connect them together in a endless loop is my guess. A better idea is to replace the head with a non wagon head and sell the wagon head.

You need to either find a plate or have a plate made to cover the opening in the head for the hydraulic pump. Some Euro engines had a place for the pump, but if SLS wasn't ordered with the sedan the opening was covered with a plate. I almost bought a motor like this for the smoker as it came with a manual tranny also, just didn't have the fundage.

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I did the same job years ago. I just made a cover and paper gasket. I hated wasting that TD engine on a sedan but had to do it.

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