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Re: [T3] Starting issues continue...


On 30 Apr 2002, at 20:37, James Altemus wrote:

> If I remember my engine basics correctly, there is only one TDC point at
> which both the intake and exhaust are closed.  When I was rocking the car
> back and forth to find the right timing, I thought I had it lined up right
> until I went under the car to check the valves.  With the marks lined up,
> the exhaust was closed but the intake was open on the #1 (I was near TDC, so one
> valve or the other would have been open.)  When I rotated the engine around to
> the marks again, I checked the valves, and both valves were closed enough that
> there was lash in the rockers.

Sounds to me like you have exactly the right idea.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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