Sounds like you've timed it properly.  Cylinder #1 and #4 will be TDC, and
the notch on the injection pump pulley should line up the the notch in the
injection pump mounting plate. That is the correct starting point to begin
the timing procedure. There's a woodruff key for the injection pump
sprocket, so it would be tough to have the pump misaligned with the
sprocket.

(The rear-most cylinder IS #1 (pulley side. #4 is flywheel side) :)

Bradley Flubacher
State College, PA
'82 VW diesel westy
'84 GL wasserboxer

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Rachel Cogent
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 2:49 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: I stand corrected.(diesel question)

> You're enjoying the heck out of us!
And should learning be a miserable experience?

But seriously:
I set my diesel engine to spray where the timing mark is on top of the
injector sprocket. It is then squirting into the cylinder on the rearmost of
the car (the one I call #1). Did I set it 190 degrees off? Is that standard
or am I all bastardized?

Entity Karl Wolz spoke thus:

> No you're not!

> I'm always pretty careful when describing procedures or asking questions
to
> specify flywheel end or pulley end for just that reason.
>
> If you read John Muir's book, one of the things he stresses at the very
> beginning, "Front is front".  If you apply the same terminology
throughout,
> it makes translating word to action much easier.
>
> If, however, you are dealing with a mechanic who did not start on VW's,
> you'd better be clear.
>
> Karl