Resealed IP not pumping any fuel?

[ORCoaster]

What no spares in the bottom of the tool box?  Obviously you haven't been tinkering with these VW's very long.  Everyone has spare parts.  At least the injectors, GPs and IPs.

OK, suspense builds and we wait on the po dunk town to get some parts.

[jhax]

Hahaha this is my second vw. First diesel. I now have a spare IP so I'm getting there. And trust me I know. If I was still in Tempe at school I would gave had it an hour later.

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[745 turbogreasel]

Fire it up anyway. The heat from the cylinder next door will make it light in a bit.  Come on we want this thing running by nightfall.  Oh, too late.

Try it anyway.  As long as the GP is still solid and not losing compression it should start.  Just like starting with one less GP to warm up.

Yup, I spit one out of its metal part on the road.  Stopped an thought for a minute, found a wooden  wedge in the trunk to jam the ceramic bit back in place...and made it home.

[theman53]

I keep a glow plug or two in the glove box all the time.

[ORCoaster]

And the two wrenches to make them come out and go back in. 
Otherwise they get spit out on the go.    Ho ho>

[jhax]

Okay well when trying to start it this morning I left the IP locking pin in the sprocket and went t start it. Jumped time. I know I know flame me now just be gentle, or don't I don't care and am really frustrated at this point. There may be some good news though. I lined everything back up and turned the engine several times by hand. No binding no ticking sounds of valves hitting pistons. The only sound it makes is compression relief in one cylinder at a time. The only resistance I feel is that of compression. We have a leak down tester here as well as air. I was watching a YouTube video of a bug doing the test and he was using a fuel hose attached to the end of the tester. Do any of you guys have tips for setting up a leak down test And what I need to adapt it to my injector nozzle holes? I am a sad panda now and it may sound like I got damn lucky but I want to be sure before I turn that key again.

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[745 turbogreasel]

I hate it when that happens.
Check your lifter buckets for cracks  under the  shim too.

[jhax]

I don't have the tool to compress the spring.

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[jhax]

Anybody have any homemade remedies for a leak down adapter hose for this engine? I have heard using the bottom part of an injector housing gutting it i assume. Like I said though I can really feel the compression when I turn the engine by hand. I am just really paranoid right now.

[745 turbogreasel]

I don't have the tool to compress the spring.

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If the lifter  caved in, it should increase  valve clearance...as would a valve that doesn't close.
Rechecking that might be an option.

[jhax]

What is the thread count on the injector nozzles and glow plugs?

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[jhax]

So I jacked one wheel up, took the nozzles out and took the valve cover off. I put it in 5th and spun the free wheel as fast as I could. Everything sounds okay. Once again no metal and I get compression in all four and a decent amount by ear. No tools.

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[ORCoaster]

See advice from reply #70 on Jan 27, 14

Fire it up.

[jhax]

I understand and I really want to, the thing is, I have no job at this point and if it did grenade my head I dont want to damage it further. If you have a spare head laying around to give away, Ill fire it up right now haha. I bought 2 glow plugs today and threw one in my glove box.

[ORCoaster]

From the looks of that picture you couldn't do much more damage to that head.  I do have a couple of spares in the shed so if it does go boomity boom send a call out and see what comes of it. 

Dang thought I had pics in the Photobucket.  Must be on the home puter instead.