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<x-charset ISO-8859-1> OK, I've reached a situation where the timing mark on the pulley is aligned and the rotor is pointing to the No.1 spark plug wire, whose position I have marked with some Tippex. Can I assume this is TDC for No. 1? Daniel > Daniel, > > I once had the same sort of problem with a 1969 Type36. > In fact, somebody had put several marks on the distributor > rim and I didn't know which one to believe. > > To find TDC for cylinder number one, I took the spark > plug out of number one, put a screw driver in the hole > and watched the screw driver move in and out as I turned > the engine via the generator/fan. At the same time, I watched > the four cams on the distributor shaft inside the distributor. > When the screw driver was pushed out furthest through the > plug hole I knew it was top dead centre but when this occured > when the distrubutor cam opened the contact breaker points > then I knew it was at the top dead centre of the compression > stroke and not the exhaust stroke. > > Then I set about setting the tappets in the normal way. > > Simon Glen > Toowoomba, Australia. > > Daniel Baum wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I set out to adjust my valves today, and as usual I was stopped dead by > > something before I even got started. It's time somebody wrote a book called > > "How to keep your 30 year old Type 3 that stone-age hacks have been messing > > about with for the last 25 years alive" > > > > Anyway, to the point. I searched for TDC of cylinder one., and there is > > never a situation where the timing marks are at the top and the distributor > > rotor lines up with the line in the side of the distributor. The line points > > towards the rear right of the car at about 45 degrees. I can line up where I > > expected the line to be (pointing to the front right of the car at about 45 > > degrees) with the timing marks. There is (I think) a situation where the > > bottom of the pulley (the center of the three bridged teeth) lines up with > > the notch. > > > > I conclude from this that the distributor is misaligned somehow. Can anyone > > tell me whether I have misunderstood something or what I need to do about > > it? The amazing thing is that the car runs and idles really well, and > > frankly, I am tempted to leave well enough alone. How would I adjust the > > valves in this situation, without messing with the distrbutor? > > > > BTW, I did connect up a digital tach-dwell meter (several days ago, the > > engine is stone cold now) and it read 47.8, which I understand is well > > within spec. > > > > Regards, > > > > Daniel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > </x-charset>