[Vwdiesel] injection pump timing

LBaird119 at aol.com LBaird119 at aol.com
Thu Aug 29 18:00:33 EDT 2002


In a message dated 8/29/2002 12:38:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
shea at gtsdesign.com writes:

> I was thinking about that one last night, but I wasn't sure what
>  it looked like in there :)  Glad you guys brought it up today!  On my TD
>  from a Quantum I think I have the 0, but on the Rabbit I don't think
>  it's there, but instead there's a funky projection on the flywheel,
>  maybe 3-4mm across, that looks rather like a pointer.  Enough like it
>  that I set my timing there the first time, whoops!  Read about it
>  somewhere I think, appears to be a holdover from either '80 or pre '80,
>  not needed anymore in my '82.

  I've never found a use for those nubs except to know you're getting close
to TDC.  There's one about 2 inches to either side of the TDC mark.  All
my marks are a definite "v" with a small "o" above it.
     Loren



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