Larry, I'm a little confused as to what you mean by the hand pump. The only pump I'm aware of on the IP is the priming pump. I haven't tried your suggestion yet. The first time I tried adjusting the pump, it wouldn't budge, but I thought there were only two nuts. Then I found the third one under the pump and it was movable but the injector lines made it tough to rotate without removing them, but not impossible. So yes, I understand the importance of loosening all of the nuts.
My car with 223K miles has a solid history of 3K mile oil changes.
One question, let's say I do this to try to get the right drip, it doesn't happen or I do get the right drip but then the engine ends up running bad like before, what then? Sorry to pick your brain but I want to be thorough as possible.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012