I figured it must me a DF non DF issue. Normally as a European I shoot in 25p and life is simple, but here we had an American client requesting a different frame rate. My bad.
I used a Sony FX6 and a Zoom F4 recorder. Both had a Tentacle attached permanently. FPS was set to 29,97 on all devices. Sequence in premiere is also at 29,97. Syncing TC in post gave serious trouble...