[Vwdiesel] injector socket ? and valve job tools in the Seattlearea?

[Erik Lane]

I just have a 27mm deep Craftsman socket that I use and it's always
worked well. It's a 6 point socket, but I don't think that would make
much of a difference for whether it fit on the injector.

Erik

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Rudy <petersenrudy at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Chris
>
> I have the 27mm Socket and the Valve Adjusting tools, I don't have the
> Pliers for taking out the Pucks, I use compressed air.  You're welcome to
> use them.  I'm in South Everett.
>
> Rudy
> petersenrudy at hotmail.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Chris Jude
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:24 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] injector socket ? and valve job tools in the
> Seattlearea?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've got a set of injector nozzles on the way and am hoping to install them
> this weekend.  Last month, with the exceptional and amazing help of Loren
> from the list I rebuilt the head on this car (1980 audi 5000), and since
> then it's been smoking horribly on startup.  I'm afraid the neighbors will
> be calling the Dept of Ecology on me soon!
> We tested the injectors when the head was out and they all had pretty poor
> spray patterns, and as I was planning to put in new injectors we just
> reinstalled the old heat shields (after bending them back a little bit)
> rather than using my new heat shields.  I'm hoping that the new injectors
> are all i really need to deal with this smoke on start up issue.  Once the
> engine is warm it barely smokes.  Though it still hesitates to startup even
> when warm.
> I'm also going to do another valve adjustment, as we did the last one around
> 11pm while the head was off the engine.
>
> I have two questions, first, i need to find the proper 27mm deep socket for
> the injectors.  I found a 27mm at Lowes, but I imagine it wouldn't be deep
> enough.  Where should I look, or what should I look for, in the seattle
> area, that I can get before this weekend?
>
> Second, I need to find the tools and pucks for the valve adjustment.  Does
> anyone around here have them that I could rent or borrow?
> IF i can't find them I'll skip the valve adjustment for this weekend, but I
> already need to take the valve cover off to retorque the head bolts, and
> would rather do the valves at the same time.
>
> thanks!
>
> chris
> columbia city, seattle
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