...BTW your Bieber avatar is awesome.-Malone
Is the pump itself different? Some of the turbo pumps had smaller heads I believe. Some pumps being worn more than others could take a thou or two more advance as well. Seeing the stuff you have made I am sure you will get it right. Or send it to Giles
You might be able to use a 10-24 or 10-32 or whatever thread the Dial indicator is Die to thread your welding rod...I good piece of drill rod would work too. Maybe even a bolt that has the correct thread with the head cut off and rounded. Just giving you some ideas as I am a frugal SOB and do stuff like this all the time.
Arb, I like ur bracket. The factory unit is concentric and the dial gauge is smaller in diameter which allows the entire unit to be threaded in as one assembly. With the 2.5" diameter gauge like yours (and mine), that is not possible. I made my own adapter also but didn't take good measurements, which made it necessary to remove the injector hard lines before it can be used. i need to make another adapter that works with hard lines installed. in your setup, does the long indicator rod touch the sleeve? If yes, do you think it would bias the reading?
I do know that I drive torque, while listening to my friends prattle on about horsepower.
pics of the timing device?
Timing belts are specifically designed to not stretch at all. I have changed many belts that were 60,000 miles or even older and have actually checked the timing before and after the belt swap several times and it has never been different one iota. The reason for the timing check after a belt swap is not to compensate for stretch but rather for the off chance that the belt was manufactured a slightly different length.
dude, thats a once in a life time thing. a woman ask you if you put a diesel in your van? thats friggen awesome. haha.
"Ah-mean" as my lovely Ukrainian wife says :-D I still have to replace that damaged belt and move the IP a tooth an re-time it. I drove it today some distance. The interesting thing was pulling up to the dedicated diesel pump for a fill-up and having a middle aged woman drive up to me and ask if my Caravan was re-engined with a diesel. :-) The highest form of complement :-)