[Vwdiesel] out of time

[S. Shourds]

So I finally get the water pump in, with much trevail.  I end up having 
to pull off most of the accessories because an all but non-existant bolt 
(at least according to local dealer inventory) dropped from the 
thermostat housing into the works.  I also end up breaking off the 
surprisingly cheesy plastic dipstick tube, and probably terminally 
ticked off the neighbors with night after night of throwing wrenches.  
And, in a moment of fatigue-induced stupidity, I look down and realize 
that I'm putting 33 ftlbs torque on the camshaft sprocket nut with the 
car in gear and nothing holding the sprocket or the camshaft so that 
it's all going agaiint the belt.  I really hope that didn't wreck the 
belt....

Irregardless, it's back together.  Problem now is, it won't start.  Ran 
fine before, just fills the garage with smoke now.  I think it's out of 
time.  It did that the last time I had to pull the timing belt off, but 
it's been a while and I tried to block out the memories.  I pulled up 
the VAG-COM and it acted like nothing was wrong.  I'm pretty sure I have 
the injection pump on, though it's hard to tell.  It really wants to be 
just about a third of the timing hole off and since I don't have a 
crankshaft lock, I can't get the cam and crank timed with the pump 
pinned.  The question for tonight is:  if the pump timing is off by a 
tooth, I thought that VAG-COM gave you an error like "timing outside of 
injection start window" or some such.  Anyone remember such an event?

I am so fed up with this car.  It's 4:00 AM, I've been working on this 
car off and on for weeks, my only other car is hanging on by a thread, 
and I am just so tired.  If I could get it started long enough to get it 
out of the garage, I'd burn it to the ground.  Where's a good Paris riot 
when you need it?

-Shalyn