On a 1.6, it's really, really easy to tell where TDC is located.
If you look at the front crank pully, look for the dimple. If you align the dimple so it's at the 7:30 position with the two corresponding bolt holes aligned to run straight up the cylinder bore of the block, that is TDC.
See the pic below. If you counter clockwise rotate the crank just a tad to get the dimple to align at the 7:30 position, that's TDC (note that the dimple is currently at the 9:00 position).
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I'm not entirely sure it will act correctly but since it's going to have my rear disc setup gotta have my NOS 3/15 proportioning valves:laugh: Now the big question is will the stock "Westy" fender mounted prop valve cause me any problems. I know they can be tuned down, I just cant remember how.
Did you find if the dimple in the front crank pully on the 1.5's align's the same for TDC as the dimple location on the 1.6's? I would believe so, but have never worked on a 1.5.
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It appears to be in the same spot, I am not 100% on the mark on the flywheel but very very close. Crank always seems to move just a hair when I tension everything. I'm not hitting anything but the pointer on the tranny is very slightly to the left of the 0 on the flywheel. Hopefully it eill fire when the time comes
Leaving the injection pump pin in when tightening everything up?
'91 Golf gasser converted to a 12mm pump, M-TDI.
'84 1.6TD Rabbit with a VNT-15 turbo, still setup to run on vegetable oil.
'84 GTI with 1.7TD pistons and intercooled.
2003 TDI wagon
2000 TDI Jetta.
'91 Golf gasser converted to a 12mm pump, M-TDI.
'84 1.6TD Rabbit with a VNT-15 turbo, still setup to run on vegetable oil.
'84 GTI with 1.7TD pistons and intercooled.
2003 TDI wagon
2000 TDI Jetta.
bigger daddy wrote:Yeah Fatmobile it is in, but no matter how hard I try it wants to do this
Personally, I've never concerned myself with a flywheel moving this little bit when tensioning the belt. It is ever so close to TDC, that in reality, it probably doesn't make much of a difference in the real world. Just make sure you rotate the engine at least two revolutions with a wrench on the crank bolt before using the starter to turn it over. Make sure there's no hard resistance inside the engine with valves/pistons hitting each other.
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