Namely, after six months of my td not running or running like crap, spending two weeks at the local dealer (desperate error) and generally annoying the snot out of me-- it's fixed!
I dorked up the timing belt installation when I redid the head and the cam timing was off anyway. Plus the fact that the injection pump was set way out of whack ! It's a wonder the thing ran at all. Lots of black smoke-- well, actually white smoke on startup, then black when it got warm. Hard starting. No power. Bad ju-ju.
I ordered an adapter for a dial indicator from etool.com (actually for VW injection pumps). It didn't fit my Chinese DI (not drill instructor) so I had to turn the barrel of the gage down to fit. I've made a copy of the adapter-- almost. Waiting for my M8X1.0 die to thread the business end. Here's a side-by-side:
If got a proto cam lock built and am waiting on some more measurements of the locking pins. I'd like to put together a complete kit, if there's interest. I'm building this stuff in my back yard shop on an old South Bend lathe so the production rate won't be huge. Takers?
Josh
