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Subject:Re: Diesel timing tool
From:Robert Crawford
Date:Tue, 17 Dec 1996 21:00:15 -0800 (PST)

At 09:10 PM 12/17/96 -0600, VWnut@smus.bc.ca wrote:
>Anyone know where to get the gauge for timing a diesel injection 
>pump?

        I've seen "The Parts Place" advertise it.  Thier phone # is (810)
373-2300. 
>
>Or possibly an alternate method, other than doing it by "ear" 
>(doesn't seem to work for me).

        When I did mine, I just lined up the three points (the flat on the
cam, the mark on the flywhell, and the hole in the injection pump) the wat
that I showes in the bently book, and it started and ran just fine.

(I do plan to buy the dial tool in the future so thetI can do it right)