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On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 00:39 -0400, Constantino Tobio wrote: > russw wrote: > > No, it is about 90 degrees off. And you shouldnt just move the wires > > around because of the timing offset on #3 cylinder. > > > > > Ah, it makes sense now. Years ago in my ignorant youth, I put in a good, > used universal-case engine in my first fastback, and was perplexed why > it wouldn't start. I now remember moving the wires around 90 degrees to > accommodate this. > > I now remember reading on this list that timing on #3 is slightly > different to accommodate the fact that this cylinder gets hotter. I'm > remembering that right? > yes, you remember it right. I have the VW/Bosch bulletin someplace. -- russw <russw@classicvw.org> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~