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On 9 Feb 2005 at 23:52, Dave Hall wrote: > I didn't believe it either, Jim, until I actually tried the spark on no. 3 when > checking the timing. It's certainly retarded on mine compared with no. 1. Easy > enough to take a look next time you've got the timing light out. '71 dual vac > on twin carb 1600 original un-messed with engine. I thought I'd done that, but I'll have to try it again. OTOH, it might just be in the carbed engine, although I can't imagine why. There is also the possibility that there is a bit of manufacturing tolerance or wear in that cam, too. Have you compared # 2 to # 4? That would give us some idea of the tolerance. To be sure of this, we'd need several consistent samples. How much distance on the pulley rim does this retard amount to? Wasn't this supposed to be 2-3 deg? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~