Re: [T3] Static Timing [was: Breaking in a rebuilt]

[Aaron Clow <variant_1600-vwtype3@yahoo.com>]

--- Neil Verdon <Neil.Verdon@t-online.de> wrote:
>    The engine is now statically broken in! drop the
> oil reset the valves and
> your all set to adjust your timeing properly per
> bently with a stobe light
> and set your idle and such like.

Anyone else *never* set timing via strobe? My engine
seems to run fine timed statically. I tried to hook up
a strobe to it once and every time I hit the button
for the strobe, the engine bogged down and would've
died if I hadn't released it. Any idea what I was
doing wrong?

Aaron

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