Dying Rabbit, please help

[vegfuel]

Well I finally got it to crank over faster. One of our friends is a logger and had owned many diesel engines and worked on them. Once I told him that I advanced the timing on pump, he suggested that I back it off. The engine was turning over way too hard he said. So I retarted the timing (pump was almost up against one of the fuel pipes!) and cranked it over. It cranked over alot faster but still wouldn't fire. I also tightened the timing belt as it had stretched for some reason and was ready to fall off.

I don't know what to do now as I have replaced the ground wire and installed a brand new terminal. Engine cranks over alot faster and longer now. I still need to do a compression test and test glowplugs. I pulled one and it had engine oil on it  :?: . There is lots of fuel getting to the injectors.

Ever since I installed a 5spd tranny from gasser Rabbit it has had problems like this.

[jtanguay]

Ever since I installed a 5spd tranny from gasser Rabbit it has had problems like this.

if i'm not mistaken the starter receives its ground from the transmission? did you run a fat ground straight to the tranny?

also what CCA is the battery?  some places are stupid and sell you the gasoline rated battery  :roll:  recommended battery for these diesels is a 1000 CCA battery.

[vegfuel]

The ground connects to the tranny mount on the driver side and also to the car body. I just went to Wal-Mart and used the computer to find out what battery to use. It had Volkswagen Rabbit 1.6 but it did not specify diesel or gasser. diesel most likely.

[Doug]

The battery that you want is a Group 41.