[Vwdiesel] Pump timing/Reading a dial indicator

[Tim Hicks]

            Thanks for the reply,
  The cam lobes are in the correct position, pointing up  slightly to the sides. the manual has a picture and it is correct. So if the crankshaft  turns 2 times for every one time on the injection pump, then its not 180  degrees off. 
  
  The firing order is 1-5-3-6-4-2. So what you are saying is when the injection  pump turns 1/2 of a turn it delivers fuel to 1-3-5 and the other 1/2 of a turn delivers fuel to 2-4-6. One complete rotation starts  the sequence over again. 
  
  I was thinking maybe that if 1 complete rotation delivered fuel to 1-3-5, then the 2nd rotation delivered  fuel to 2-4-6. If the 2nd  rotation was delivering fuel to 1-3-5  it would be off, it would not be off 180, it would be off 360 degrees. A 1/2 of  a turn would be 180 degrees. So my timing is not off 180 degrees.
  
  Tim Hicks
  
  Libbybapa at wmconnect.com wrote:
      Do you have  the valve cover off?  II assume that if the crank is at TDC and the #1 cam  lobes are pointing up like (rabbit ears) then the pump would be aligned to the  singular mark on the pump.  The pump would be 180° off if the #1 cam lobes  were both pointing down (like rabbit feet?) with the crank at TDC. 
  
  Andrew