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Originally posted by LarryBible
The timing really should be set, not just moved in a cut and try approach. It's really not too difficult to do with the drip method. All you need is a drip tube or you can easily make one with a junk yard injection feed tube.
Turn the engine to spec (I think 22 BTDC on your) remove the number one injection tube, remove the fitting below and temporarily remove the little cross shaped plunger below the fitting and replace the fitting. Put the drip tube on the fitting and loosen the IP mount nuts. Pump a little hand pump pressure and see if it drips about one drip per second, if not turn the pump to a position where it does. Now put everything back together and don't forget the little cross shaped plunger.
Hope this helps,
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Thanks Larry for taking the time to offer me the advice. I value your advice as true gospel. I do have a question about the process. I am assuming that you mean to use the hand priming pump in order to do this. I would probably have to remove the other injection tubes to rotate the pump effectively as it takes brute force to do this otherwise which I managed but my method was truly unorthodox. My guess that the best way to do this is to route the other lines into another container or just let them leak down the side of the block. This may sound crazy but I don't have a problem with letting them leak down the side of the block as there is a lot of greasy grime down there and the leaking fuel would help clean it up a little.
Wagger, I have no idea if my IP has the arrangement you are talking about. I haven't come across any literature that goes into any real detail about the IP. My CD shop manual doesn't even go into too much detail about it.
I have read the various threads regarding the timing chain in the past but I haven't tried any of them yet. Even if I were to have a stretched chain at this point, I don't have the time nor the ambition to replace it myself. I have many reservations about attempting it on my own as with my luck I would end up with a disaster on my hands. I have spoken to an independent MB shop about replacing the chain and it would cost me more money than I could really afford to spend.