Spit/sputter misfire? Defueling?

[dripley]

36 minutes ago, Dieselfuture said:

Well I know the whole key thing on VP, what if someone rotated the actual gear 180 or is just a toof or two off. 

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I suppose it could be a broken tone ring on the crankshaft, idk just brainstorming

When removing my pump the first time every thing I read about doing said the gear can't come out of position with the pump off. I tend to believe aftermseeing insidemthe gear case. Bur every once in a while someone would say it can move. Not sure I want see if it can just test the theory. I agree that it sounds like a timing issue but there is only one way I know to check the gear.

 

[Mopar1973Man]

10 hours ago, Dieselfuture said:

Popping out of exhaust or intake was usually caused by wrong timing on gassers

 

Typically, on a diesel it is timing related too.