Step 5
Take the 6x100mm plate and mark out the holes, i just use the bracket off the engine
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as the holes are the same for both the driver and passenger side i just lined them up in the vise and drilled them together, pre drilling with a 3mm bit and eventually getting the hole to 14mm as that's what size they are in the factory bracket. I used a step drill last because the drill bit set only went up to 13 and also with the step drill it leaves a nice chamfer on the edge of the hole, no burrs
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now take one of these plates and mark out the cutout to allow access to the oil feed hole most guys use when they turbo the TD42
mark it out 17mm down form the top of the plate and 37mm to the left of the top rear hole
Pre drill with a 3mm bit then run through it with a 35mm hole saw - remember slow speed and cutting lubricant here
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mark out the edges and cut them back with a cut off disc, round them all off on a bench grinder and give them a buzz back with a flapper disc
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take the second plate and mark it out for clearance for the bracket for the injector pump. measure 10mm down from the top of the plate and 15mm in from both top hole centers, cut it out with the grinder, i used a 3 quarters worn cut off disc to make it easy, curve off the corners on the bench grinder and give them a buzz with the flapper disc to clean it all up
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you should be left with two plates that look something like this..
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