Originally Posted by dkveuro

There's one, teeny weeny iddy biddy problem with this.......
The injection pulse/flash will not show the timing at 24 BTDC.

You need information on timing for each particular diesel engine and the amount of ignition lag/pulse/flash, to read off the angle on the pulley.

In other words...find an engine like yours that is timed properly and then see at what degree the timing device reads at idle. You will find that most show 2 to 15 degrees BTDC......After you know what it sets at, duplicate it on your engine.

Snap On Tools used to sell a 'Luminosity Probe' that screwed into the glow plug fitting and triggered your regular Zenon lamp timing gun.

BTW....Injection crack pressure will have a bearing on the timing too ....


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