[Vwdiesel] TDI Timing Tools

[David Cook]

James-

If I don't want to do the trial and error thing (which
is all I could really find in the Bentley, BTW, stupid
Bentley) does my dial gauge that I've got for the old
1.6 work?  Or do I need a different adaptor/dial
gauge?

Thanks,

David

--- James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> You can set it exactly as if you would set the older
> pumps David.
> It gets the pump in the correct range almost every
> time that way.  The 
> electronics don't get to alter the delivery timing,
> that you still set, 
> and is fairly critical, just you can check it with
> vag-com to see if it 
> is in the right spot or not.
> 
> you can use just the pin, and check it trial and
> error fashion if you 
> like, at least you can see the results... but the
> dial indicator is 
> usually spot on the first time.
> 
> Here's a good spot of tools:
> >
>
http://stores.ebay.com/ZDMAK-Special-Tools-for-Auto-Repair_VW-Tools_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ3QQftidZ2QQtZkm
> 
> this guy has been good.
> 
> zdmak specialty automotive tools.
> 
> -james
> 
> 
> David Cook wrote:
> > I am going to replace the timing belt on a
> Friend's
> > Jetta 4 TDI soon.
> > 
> > We are looking at buying the proper tools to do
> the
> > job and I was wondering about the pump timing
> tool.
> > 
> > Is there a tool to set the pump timing like the
> older
> > diesels?  I know that the computer controls it to
> some
> > extent, but I thought that it still had to be set
> in
> > the right range to work correctly.  Or, is the
> > sprocket locking pin sufficient to do this
> job-getting
> > it close enough?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > David
> > 
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> > 
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> >
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