> You're enjoying the heck out of us!
And should learning be a miserable experience?

But seriously:
I set my diesel engine to spray where the timing mark is on top of the
injector sprocket. It is then squirting into the cylinder on the rearmost of
the car (the one I call #1). Did I set it 190 degrees off? Is that standard
or am I all bastardized?

Entity Karl Wolz spoke thus:

> No you're not!

> I'm always pretty careful when describing procedures or asking questions to
> specify flywheel end or pulley end for just that reason.
>
> If you read John Muir's book, one of the things he stresses at the very
> beginning, "Front is front".  If you apply the same terminology throughout,
> it makes translating word to action much easier.
>
> If, however, you are dealing with a mechanic who did not start on VW's,
> you'd better be clear.
>
> Karl