[Vwdiesel] More Quantum Questions?

[Dave Cook]

Since you have finally found that 0 you should mark it with some white paint or something!

Dave Cook


--- On Sun, 1/24/10, William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net> wrote:

> From: William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] More Quantum Questions?
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 10:28 AM
> Well, no questions this time, only a
> progress report, which should be helpful to others. When I
> looked at the head, I didn't see how a wire into the glow
> plug opening would work so I looked at a used head & saw
> a hole in the injector opening that would work with a cote
> hanger wire. I had difficulty counting each gear notch on
> the flywheel so I loosened the camshaft gear so I could,
> after locking the camshaft in place, rotate the engine both
> clockwise & contour clockwise until the engine hit a
> valve & marked it on the timing belt & found about 8
> inches of movement.. Therefore, I figured 4 inches would
> probably be around TDC.I then inserted the wire into the
> injector hole & the wire is almost perpendicular to the
> piston. Upon finding TDC I found the "O" marker on the
> flywheel. This is as far as I got today as we are having
> cold rainy weather & my garage isn't heated. 
>  I plan to  use a screw driver to lock the flywheel in
> place at TDC, then loosen the TB tensioner pulley so I can
> move the IP to where the locking plug will fit (it doesn't
> now), & then hopefully if the IP works, the Quantum will
> run again. I expect to get to it on Mon., if not to stormy,
> as Sun., I want to watch the Minn. Vikings playoff game with
> New Orleans. GO VIKINGS!
> Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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