okay so update! i got it to work and i was turning it the correct way but i guess i had the thump screw to tight on the gauge and it was binding i loosened it up some with out the pre load to adjusted and it worked perfectly! so based on what the bentley says between .43-.47mm i set it to 0.45mm. do you guys feel this is a correct location or have i just missed somthing here?
Quote from: vw-tim on December 23, 2012, 02:59:02 pmokay so update! i got it to work and i was turning it the correct way but i guess i had the thump screw to tight on the gauge and it was binding i loosened it up some with out the pre load to adjusted and it worked perfectly! so based on what the bentley says between .43-.47mm i set it to 0.45mm. do you guys feel this is a correct location or have i just missed somthing here? I thought it was binding in some way. So you set it at 45 mm not .45, the gauge reads in mm's And what engine is this again? My 81 diesel recommends about twice that. 89 mm all the way up to 1.15 mm if I care to go that high. So I think you need to double it. Don't you have whitish smoke rolling out the back now? It is retarded badly for being a diesel. Bump it up, push that IP towards the engine! That is what I would be doing with it.
Sometimes there are shims behind the WP pulley that can be added/removed to line up with the crank pulley.You might put in the alternator too and see which pulley(s) would be most convenient to shim.Side note: Maybe the quotes in the above posts are knackered, but the gauge in the photo indicates 0.01mm/tick on the big dial. So there is no way to set 45.00mm... (0.45mm maybe) 3.045mm is shown in the photo, if the face was reset to 3.00mm at the rollback. Ensure that the thumbscrew is tight enough to not let the gauge slip (but still allows the stem to move freely), or the reading may be in error.
Tyler is correct, I am out of it. Small graphic, turn head sideways to see CLEARLY shows two arrows and a distance that each mark makes. 0.01. So you actually did set it at .45mm to start and now at .99 mm. Should I be listing this one in the Rookie mistakes link now or later?Not a good day for numbers for me. Good that it isn't tax time.DASI had to shim my alternator to make it align correctly with the crank pulley. I don't have the PS to worry about.
.99mm - 1.05mm is a good start. You can tweek after observing its operation while in service.
okay so i got the IP timed at 99mm i figure this will be a good spot to start it up at and see how it runs. anyway now i have yet another question! this is a question about the crank pulley and the water pump pulley and alternator pulley how they should line up... i dont know if you can see from the pick but the water pump pulley is pushed out more then the crank pulley shouldnt they line right up with one another or is this normal?
you probably have an ok setting, a small bump of advance might do ok. Its supposed to run better with the cold start pulled, that is its function. Setting it so high, does away with the CS's function. I wouldn't worry about whatever number the gauge tells you, its pretty much completely irrelevant.