Thomas,
Sounds good - thanks! Glad to see you got a MPG increase. I didn't on my 617, but I did on both my 603's. The electric tool does require some extra justification, that's for sure, no argument there. I'm still thinking IP injection should be related to the crank, irrelevant of cam timing, but until we find some data to support one method or the other, it's just an opinion difference.
007:
Ah, the old clamp-type tool. The problem with these is that you don't know what to set it at! You need to set one car - any OM61x/60x diesel - with the lock tool or RIV tool. Then attach the pulse-type tool and read the output. You can't use the "15 ATDC" number with this tool, they're using totally different reference points that are not related. If someone would buy the pulse tool, and post what the magic readings are, we could use those on most all other MB diesels.
Best regards,