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• Special tool source? by jackbombay on 20 Mar, 2005 15:04
• 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
• #1 by vwmike on 20 Mar, 2005 16:30
• 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.
• #2 by janb on 21 Mar, 2005 10:12
• $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
• #3 by jackbombay on 21 Mar, 2005 16:13
• 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
• #4 by fuslit on 14 Jul, 2005 11:35
• 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
• #5 by jackbombay on 14 Jul, 2005 23:13
• Works fine, I would have prefered metric, but no complaints other than that.
• #6 by fuslit on 15 Jul, 2005 06:41
• 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
• #7 by veeman on 15 Jul, 2005 08:43
• >>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.
• #8 by jackbombay on 15 Jul, 2005 12:20
• 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.