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Shoutout to the guy who told me my injector timing was off by 3 degrees

I was in Green Bay last fall working on a DT466 and this old school mechanic just watched me for a minute. He goes "son, you're chasing a ghost if you don't check the timing first." I always just threw injectors in and hoped for the best but now I break out the dial indicator every single time. Has anyone else had a simple tip from a stranger save them hours of headache?
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rodriguez.cora
60 bucks for a dial indicator set off Amazon saved me a whole weekend on a 5.9 Cummins last month. That little plastic case pays for itself the first time you find that pump gear is a tooth off. I swear half the "bad injector" calls I hear about are just some timing gremlin. Good on that old timer for pointing you straight.
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karenf40
karenf4016d ago
Ehh close but the 5.9 Cummins injection pump is gear driven off the cam, not the crank.
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