[Vwdiesel] Timing Fiasco

[Mike and Tanya Atkisson]

Almost had a real bad experience..........Put the timing belt back on the
car after replacing the Passenger side motor mount.
Got everything lined up perfect and and bolted back together.

When I went to start the truck it acted funny. (Almost like a backfire)
Tried to start it again and realized I forgot fix a rattle on my exhaust
first.

When I went to the front of the truck I saw the socket I was using for
aligning the fuel pump was on the ground.  It was at that point I realized
that I did not remove it from the hole before I tried to start the truck.

I went ahead and lined up the marks on the fuel pump and checked the crank
and they were way off.  This scared me pretty good as I just put a rebuilt
head on the engine.  I proceeded to remove the valve cover to check the cam
timing and luckily discovered that it was still in sync with the crank.

I guess I dodged a bullet this time.....................

Mike
88 Pickup LX 1.6 Diesel (Almost on the road again)