Steve,
If you want the factory manual method on how to drip time your injection pump, send me your address and I will be glad to send them to you. My scanner has stopped working, but I can make copies of the procedure and mail them to you. The whole process is fairly easy and the pages have pictures to guide you through the procedure. No special tools are required,but you will need a drip tube. You can make your own or get one from IMPCO for $17.95 phone no. 1-800-243-1220.
The procedures described in "The STAR" or by the people at Baylor University are in none of the Factory Manuals I have,and my manuals go back to the 180D('53-"62).Those procedures are not near as accurate as the drip tube method described in the manuals. I have used the drip tube method to time the dozens and dozens of Mercedes engines I have rebuilt. Never have I had to go back and re-time one of them.
The method in "The Star" and the people at Baylor is mentioned in a book of 1966 titled "Glenn's Mercedes-Benz Repair and Tune-up Guide" by Harold T. Glenn. But he goes on to state that the drip tube method is much more accurate.
Bill Lewallen Lexington,Ky. Where diesels purr and turbos whirr