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You don't really need a drip tube.
What your looking for is the point where the piston rises in the bore and starts the high pressure fuel delivery to the injector. The transition from full flow to dripping happens very quickly. Personally I just look down into the bore and look for the point where the fuel just starts to rise up (Start of Delivery). Another way to set timing is by using the Factory Timing Tool, part #601 589 05 21 00 . You set the timing at 15 degrees ATDC. Then you remove the bolt from the side of the IP and insert the tool. You move the pump back and forth until it locks in. Then you bolt down the IP in place. Perfect timing every time! Danny |
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A drip tube is only $15, or free if you have an extra injector tube laying around to cut. |
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Adjusting the actual fuel flow is done on the pump AND Should be left to really experienced people... I am totally with Forcedinduction... the ' well up' method is not prescribed by the Mercedes Shop Manual but what Scott shows IS... trust the guys that made the car and have multimillion dollar R and D departments..., wrote the manual, and more importantly reputations to protect. |
I believe, as a general rule, if you bump the timing a 'skosh" advanced with an older 617/6 its going to run better as that "skosh' compensates for a chain thats worn some.;),
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How hard is it to take a spare injection line and use a hacksaw to make this: http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/b6/ag/63_1_b.JPG Or, you could spend the $20 and buy that tool directly. |
for that matter... why can't you use your full length line?
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[QUOTE=ForcedInduction;2017828]...I know better than to waste my time on inaccurate shotgun methods
Ah, thats what I thought, you haven't tried it;) |
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the point is that the fuel gets to the high spot in bent line so that when any more is added, it spills over (like a gas trap in a toilet) giveing you an accurate measurement. A full injector line is to oddly shaped and long. |
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Dude, some things simply don't NEED to be tried because there is already a CORRECT procedure to do it. Who are you going to trust; the service manual written by Mercedes (you know, the people who spent a few million dollars designing these cars and engines), or a "frugal" shade-tree internet mechanic looking for shortcuts because he doesn't have the proper tools to do the job right? |
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I don't buy it. AN injector line has that shape near the injector. Irregular shapes mean nothing to fluids. length means nothing to pressure either. (for this distance) The only thing the drip tube has going for it is a smaller inside diameter and a sharp drip edge... that PERHAPS, may create a smaller droplet than a tube. |
I think that before you re-time your IP you should have some idea what your Timing Chain Stretch is before you time the IP.
Example: I have 2 degrees of Timing Chain Stretch on my car (= 2 degrees retarded/late Camshaft and IP timing if the PO has not changed it). So, if I time my IP at 24 degrees I will still be have 2 degrees of late/retarded IP timing. In the Service Manual I believe you keep the IP bolted down and rotate the engine until you get "begin of injection" (via the drip method) and then look at the degrees and check to see how far off your begin injection is. Afterwhich you loosen the IP and adjust (via the drip method) it to the degrees you want it to be set at. |
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* The drip tube method is better. :) ** An electronic timing light is the best. :D Have a great day. |
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The drip tube is as short as possible (for the OEM) to accommodate a machine operation U bender and REDUCE the cranking needed to fill the tube for this operation. Drip timing should be done on a flat/level parking area for best accuracy. Diesel fuel gets to the high spot in the bent line, then when more is added, it spills over, the overflow runs down to the V-point, focusing the flow, and giving you a reasonably accurate drip/time measurement. A full length injector line is oddly shaped and very long. Does anyone recall injector pulse spray volume, I seem to recall it as 0.00X CC per cycle. |
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