[Vwdiesel] Re: [vwpickups] Finding TDC

[maded]

You could always pull a glow plug and put in a plunger of some kind, find
TDC by max protrusion and dividing the dwell angle in half.  Then you would
mark the flywheel (permanently) and set final timing with the ECU.


Ed Lowe, Seattle
82 Westy diesel upgrading to 1.9td
85 Golf diesel
92 Cabrio
97 Passat Tdi

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>From: Dana Morphew <kadm at pugetsound.net>
>To: vwpickups at neubayern.net
>Cc: TDI-conversion at yahoogroups.com, vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>Subject: [Vwdiesel] Re: [vwpickups] Finding TDC
>Date: Mon, Sep 2, 2002, 9:14
>

>If the flywheel is from a Digifant II (I don't know the timing values
>for CIS-e) one of the marks (left hand when looking from the flywheel
>end of the engine, I believe) is 6° BTDC the other about 1/2" from it
>should be TDC.  There might be another stamping, like an "O", on the
>flywheel to denote TDC.
>
>Dana
>
>
>> The engine is a 1998 Jetta TDI (AHU code), I received it with no
>> flywheel/clutch.
>> I'm installing it into a 1981 rabbit pickup (Caddy) with a 5 speed trans.
>>
>> I installed a 210mm flyheel on the engine and I now have a TDC concern.
>
>> When It is mounted to the transmission (from an 88 Jetta), the reference mark
>> on the transmission case does_not_line up with the TDC mark on the flywheel!
>> The reference point instead lines up to the right of what I think is the TDC
>> mark.  The 210mm flywheel has two raised marks on it about 2.5 inches apart.
>> Just to the right of the left hand raised mark are two cut marks into the
>> flywheel, one deeper and longer than the other.
>>
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> mark
>>
>> mark fitzsimons
>> portland, or
>>
>
>
>
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