Tom, When you are adjusting these to match them up... How do you do that ?
Are we talking trying different thicknesses of washer... or changing the thickness of the washers yourself ? Or changing something else ?

I use two methods. First is swapping shims (I would never try to reduce a shim size as they are surface ground and trying to get them machined with a flatness tolerance isn't happening in my machine shop - I do have a certified granite surface table, but getting a shim that small machined flat is not worth the effort), the other is swapping springs. Spring length does not have as marked an effect on pressure (in other words, .002-.005 on the spring is like .001 on a shim), but I do have to resort to that to get me there sometimes.

I have shims separated by the thou and springs the same way, after a while, you can just throw parts together, get a reading and know you need to swap a .055 shim out for a .067 shim to hit 135bar. It will be within a thou and a few more tests/shimmings and you're there.

BTW, I offered to meet with Mattdave (or Davematt?) while in San Jose next week (to exchange injector knowledge), but haven't heard back from him.

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1983 300D - parts car

1979 300TD Auto - Parts car.

1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts.


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Tom I did not get your message you were going to be in san Jose till I read this post email me at mattdave@pacbell.net by the way I am Dave my son is matt. mattdave was are first password when we got the internet six years ago so I always use mattdave when I sign up for something so I remember it years later.
Dave Sidlauskas

OK, I'll try to call when I'm there. PLEASE edit your post to remove your home telephone # and your email, not the kind of things you want advertisers crawling and procuring.

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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto

1983 300D - parts car

1979 300TD Auto - Parts car.

1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts.


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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol