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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: jackbombay on March 20, 2005, 03:04:25 pm

Title: Special tool source?
Post by: jackbombay on March 20, 2005, 03:04:25 pm

Where do you guys buy special tools for yor cars? I need the adaptor to hook up the dial indicator to the IP to check/adjust the timing.

  TIA

Title: Re: Special tool source?
Post by: vwmike on March 20, 2005, 04:30:49 pm

Quote from: "jackbombay"

Where do you guys buy special tools for yor cars? I need the adaptor to hook up the dial indicator to the IP to check/adjust the timing.

  TIA

You can buy it from vwdieselparts.com. I got a complete set with dial indicator off ebay for ~$75 shipped from Germany. I like that because then I know for sure that the dial indicator works with the adapter.

Title: Special tool source?
Post by: janb on March 21, 2005, 10:12:23 am

$37.50    http://www.zelenda.com/VW/EngineTools1.html

$69.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42337&item=3847229077

Might want to verify shaft Dia of your indicator
jb

Title: Special tool source?
Post by: jackbombay on March 21, 2005, 04:13:00 pm

Thanks for the replies, I already have the pump locking pin and the cam locking tool so the combo is more than I need, but I did buy the Ebay item below, seemed reasonable.

 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4537214942

Title: question about your ebay auction.
Post by: fuslit on July 14, 2005, 11:35:19 am

I am going to need the tools to adjust the timing of my pump and was curious if you had a chance to use the tool you got off of ebay. If so, how did it work?

Thanks in advance
-Todd

Title: Special tool source?
Post by: jackbombay on July 14, 2005, 11:13:20 pm

Works fine, I would have prefered metric, but no complaints other than that.

Title: Special tool source?
Post by: fuslit on July 15, 2005, 06:41:17 am

I just bought from the same seller the unit that you have. Once I get the unit I'll know more about the quality of it but, the price is something that I can afford at the moment. I'll just have to do the conversion to metric I guess.

Next up is buying the camshaft and injection pump locking tools.

-Todd

Title: Special tool source?
Post by: veeman on July 15, 2005, 08:43:43 am

>>Thanks for the replies, I already have the pump locking pin and the cam locking tool so the combo is more than I need, but I did buy the Ebay item below, seemed reasonable.

>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4537214942


That's the same one I bought and used for my caddy's last timing job.  Works just fine.  Probably not the overall best quality tool like the german ones and it's not metric, but it did the job.

Title: Special tool source?
Post by: jackbombay on July 15, 2005, 12:20:19 pm

Quote from: "fuslit"

Next up is buying the camshaft and injection pump locking tools.

-Todd

  When I bought that dial gauge it came with a pump locking pin, if yours does not I can sell you this extra one I have.