[Vwdiesel] re-ring done, but no start

[Erik Lane]

--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

> I bet a case of beer it will run at 200 Psi 
> compression..    
> 
>   It would veryt likely run but I'd about bet you
> that case of beer that 
> without coasing it down a hill, you'll never get it
> turning over fast 
> enough to start.  
> 
>   Easy to get pump 180 out.  If you just pull things
> apart before setting 
> to TDC #1 or things get worked on, etc, then the
> pump pin easily fits 
> in the hole 180 from the correct one.  Seems like
> I'd encountered one 
> that had the notch mark 180 out but I may have been
> going by marks 
> and numbers on it just as well.  Took me a few
> before I noticed that 
> mark.  ;-)  They just WON'T start that way since the
> firing order is 
> wacked then. Strangely it's in a different part of
> the pump cam as 
> well.  You'd think it'd be exactly symmetrical.
> 
well, i don't know about most of them, but when i
managed to set my dad's vanagon pump 180 off it
started right up. lots of white smoke, and it would
only climb a hill in 1st, but it ran. i reset that
thing a few times before i finally managed to find the
right mark! (it was the first one i ever tried to
time.)

and i remember the dial indicator acting exactly the
same whether i was on the correct cylinder or not.

this was all on a brand new rebuilt (by me) engine, so
it had plenty of compression.

erik

>   When you pressurize the tank you can just open the
> bleed screw on 
> top of the filter housing.  :-)  I also make sure to
> get the air out of the 
> return side.  If there's air in there then it'll
> allow fuel to siphon out of 
> the pump, down the inlet side before you get
> everything tightened up 
> and turn the key (sometimes).  :-P
>      Loren
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