WTB: IP to Dial Indicator TIMING ADAPTOR - Parts for Sale/Wanted - VWDiesel.net The IDI, TDI, and mTDI source.

• WTB: IP to Dial Indicator TIMING ADAPTOR by Baselyne on 24 Dec, 2007 23:36
• WTB:"Timing adaptor for vw mk1 diesel IP to dial indicator"
  
  If anyone has one there looking to get rid of...
  thanks in advance,
  -J
• #1 by Baselyne on 25 Dec, 2007 14:03
• does anyone know how i could possibly make one of these?
  
  Or am I totaly off... Ive since fab'd the sprocket locks (2) and the timing belt tensioner tool.... Im in the middle of making a clutch too as well....
  
  if i could possibly get some dimensions I know I could tap something outa alum....
  
  Anyone got a vernier?
• #2 by dieselsnowmobile on 27 Dec, 2007 19:19
• Read this post:
  
  http://www.vwdieselparts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7459
  
  You will have to scroll down the page, I made it and it works great.  Already used it to check the timing of two diesels.  This is the cheapest option I have found, even including all the parts and tools needed to make it.
• #3 by Baselyne on 28 Dec, 2007 07:48
• Thanks so much for the good post and taking the time to pass on the link!
  
  

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  Buy a piece of 1/8" brass rod; cut it to the length you need, thread one end with a #4-32 die. Now it will screw into the end of the dial indicator after you remove the tip that it came with.

  
  
  Im just wondering how to find the right length, If the adaptor or extension there mentioning above are to long then would'nt this throw the reading?
• #4 by Baselyne on 30 Dec, 2007 09:39
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• #5 by jimfoo on 30 Dec, 2007 09:47
• Quote from: "Baselyne"

  Thanks so much for the good post and taking the time to pass on the link!
  Im just wondering how to find the right length, If the adaptor or extension there mentioning above are to long then would'nt this throw the reading?

  
  Length doesn't matter as long as the indicator doesn't bottom out. The dial face rotates to get whatever reading you have to zero, then you go from there.
• #6 by Quantum TD on 31 Dec, 2007 09:00
• Look here:
  
  http://www.samstagsales.com/vwaudi.htm
  
  It's the MATRA 2066 tool listed under "Diesel Tools". It sells for all of $30. It includes the adapter to put the dial indiacator in, as well as the extension for the dial tip. I called them a few months back, and confirmed that it was the nice MATRA tool, and not a crappy imitation. I'll be buying one in the coming months, as I"m tired of my crappy adapter.
• #7 by Vincent Waldon on 31 Dec, 2007 12:48
• Get the tensioner wrench while you're there... all of 10 bucks and works perfectly.  ;-)
• #8 by Baselyne on 03 Jan, 2008 20:29
• thanks, I totaly understand what im looking for now!
  cheers to everyone who helped make it more clear!