Diesel Jetta (vege oil)

[Edison]

Lets get the damn head off and end this speculation. Does anyone have a pic with dimensions of the damn locking tool and I`ll make one.

I can make one at tafe easy peasy, I'll make more than one if I have the right dimensions....or a sample.... then you'll have one too

I reckon you are dreaming if you think the head is not warped or cracked.

My head is warped and cracked thats why I'm on the pension... oh wait, you mean the car...

I reckon Syncros Diesel Specific book would be pretty helpfull too And he lives near you.

I shall sneak over in the dead of night....

[Golf Loon]

Nice pic syncro.
Can you make one of them Edison?

Do we need to line up the camshaft when taking off the head, or just befor reassembly? Does it line up like a Petrol motor?

[brackie]

Camshaft lining up

Use the locking plate before removing the head. If the flywheel is showing TDC and the cam lobes of #1 cylinder are pointing up slip in the cam locking plate, screw in the pump locking pin and then remove the belt and head.

[Edison]

Argh! I'm at tafe right now and could run us all up a few, but have no dimensions, or threading details, does anyone have such info?



Argh ! I want to make them, I can, easy peasy! but dimensions!!! and tell me if you want some for petrol engines loon, I can run them up at the same time, the plate thingy...
do they use ones like that?

[gldgti]

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sorry, ahd to get that out....

CAM LOCK

1) take a piece of 5mm x 50mm bar, cut to about 100mm long
2) use a grinder (bench, whatever) and gently grind one edge to make the bar thinner so that it will JUST fit in the slot at the gearbox end of the camshaft, with engine at TDC #1 and the rocker cover off. use a hammer to gently tap it into place so if its a snug fit you can carry the head around without it falling out!

PUMP LOCK

1) Take a bit of 15mm or thereabouts diameter aluminium pipe, wall thickness about 1.5mm, cut to about 50mm length
2) use a hack saw to cut the one wall of the pipe along its length, so you may then bend it out to be larger diameter
3) bend it out so that it is slightly larger diameter than the locking hole in the pump sprocket.
4) tap it into place with a hammer
5) use a pair of pliers and brute force to remove it (actually very easy)


WHY ALUMINIUM? so if you forget its there, it will shear and not kill your pump when you turn the engine over

get that diesel going again!

[gldgti]

older petrol ones dont have a cam locking sprocket - its a case of "put it in the right place"....

the cam locking plate need not have the cut out, a simple rectangle will do just fine (as described by me 2 min ago)

the pipe pump locker is safer than a solid thing or a bolt, for the above reason about killing the pump if you forget its there.

[Edison]

I so won't be forgetting that the pump lock is there, at least not this time around because I'll manually turn the engine with a spanner a few times first, paranoid about the timing,.. maybe a lot lot later when I've done a few I might be that lazy but not first time.
I have bought a diesel truck on ebay for $2000 with new engine and gearbox, 3ton and 3 meter tray and a tiny bit of vic rego left. One of the many things it makes me think about is the possibilty of advertising for old golfs and collecting them (for free) (picture Homer simpson drooling here, arhghgherrr).
I haven't collected quite all of the money yet but i will place a deposit today and look at it this week i hope...
Oh I was santa tonight !! I have been busy with everything (raising money ect). I'll probably get to the poor little white car of hope in early january it looks like.

[Golf Loon]

Make the two tools Edison, and I`ll come and do that head with you. Syncro gave me some photocopied instructions which will help too

[Edison]

Im off to melbourne after a big truck whose only legitimate purpose for existance (as it's not vw) is carrying golfs. I'll get into it when i'm back 1st thing, I should be able to find stuff round the yard (tafe is closed for the holidays)

[Edison]

Truck in melbourne fell through,. got one in sydney (furniture truck, no reg) for $1000.
Quite depressed of late. my two cars are both sick, the carbie on the red petrol one is buggered, loon doesn't have one, my poor white car is still a mystery. Except for yesterday...

I went to get into my car and looked down the street at the EXACT moment some stranger started testing the doors of my white diesel, I called the 000 on one phone and got the other camera phone out too. I walked up and got an A 1 quality video of this guy and the cops arrested him, but didn't give him good charges i reckon. He tore off the two quarter panel windows and reached in and opened the doors, and started pulling stuff out piling it on the grass. I have a 3gp video of all this... anyhow, you might imagine how i feel, because i'm too exausted to describe it. I do however think the big boss upstairs like me because if i was a minute earlier or later or more that whole day I would have missed the lot.

[brackie]

Well done!

In the right place at the right time, mate. If he ripped off the quarter vents you need to see my repair post . Interior mirror glue is strong enough to stick the pivot pins back on but it won't do it for the catch.

Why are these vandals/thieves targeting Mk1s??

[Edison]

January 4 2007 10.45pm

Ok, I took off the rocker cover from the little white diesel today, easily done. Now I understand perfectly all the locking stuff that goes on, I rotated the engine with the shifter on the cam sprocket until the cam lock at the other end lined up, it only lines up one way, because it's off-centre... A small marking on the Injector pump Gear came to the top close to a mark on a nearby bracket on the pump. Thats TDC. I can lock up the Injector pump and I wll remove the head as soon as I have tools to remove the head. I won't bother locking the cam, because it's too easy to do by eyesight, and I'd be happier to go through the retiming process instead of making the tool.
The oil is Soooo sooty but of course I can't degrease inside once the cover is off, oh well, it'll have to wait... I was thinking of using 2 upside down u shaped lengths of fuel hose i have to keep the injectors clean when removed.