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General Information => General => Topic started by: dieseldubber on March 19, 2009, 02:24:36 pm

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: dieseldubber on March 19, 2009, 02:24:36 pm

Hi guys, can anyone tell me where to get the tools #2078 and #10-208 used to compress the valve springs and replace the adjusting discs for doing a valve adjustment? Also where to get the adjusting dics? I am replacing injectors too, I dont really need a special wrench to remove the injector lines right?
Thanks again.

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: saurkraut on March 19, 2009, 02:42:50 pm

http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=18493&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: clbanman on March 20, 2009, 03:25:28 am

http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=18710&highlight= for a link if you really want the factory tools.

   
Product Specifications
   
Tool #     2078
Name    TAPPET TENSIONER
USD Price     $44.02
Repair Grp    15
Tool Class    Special Tools


   
Product Specifications
   
Tool #     10-208A
Name    PLIERS
USD Price     $54.66
Repair Grp    15
Tool Class    Special Tools

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: dieseldubber on March 20, 2009, 10:38:57 am

ok thank you, now what about those adjusting discs, anyone know where to get those? I seem to remember someone posting sometime that you can get a pack with a bunch of assorted sizes in it??

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: saurkraut on March 20, 2009, 11:22:14 am

http://www.techtonicstuning.com/showpart.asp?partnum=109.078

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: dieseldubber on March 20, 2009, 11:36:21 am

thanks, holy smokes thats too much $$ though. Does anyone else have the solid lifters? What am I missing here, how do I do this valve adjustment for cheap? Thanks

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: Vincent Waldon on March 20, 2009, 12:45:16 pm

Honestly... most folks I know still running solid-lifter heads just take it to the shop.  Unless you're planning to drive this car for the next 20 years the payback time of the two tools and a box of shims vs. booking it into a shop is not likely there.

Now, if you have several solid-head cars in your fleet, *or* you like the perfection that comes from taking care of things under the hood yourself, then just consider all this a worthwhile investment.  

At least that's what I tell the rest of my family. :roll:

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: rabbitman on March 20, 2009, 03:19:52 pm

I've gotten the shims at Napa before, they cost like $1-2 each. I ordered a bunch of sizes and they were cheap except for the 3.65mm, I ordered three of 'em and they were backordered and musta came from somewere else, they costed $16 each! I would've said forget it but I needed 'em real bad.

Title: VW special tools/valve adjustment
Post by: dieseldubber on March 30, 2009, 07:08:43 pm

I discovered that VWdieselparts.com rents the tools and sells the shims.