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Greg was correct. The valves are all now adjusted to .006, and I did it pretty quickly, too - the valves on cylinder #4 were spot on. Thanks again to everyone. And so relieved that the valves are OK :) Jonathan On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Melissa & Jim wrote: > Greg is correct. Your distributor and possibly your distributor drive gear > are installed wrong. This is a common problem. The spark plug wires have > just been moved to the wrong location to correct the symptom without > bothering to fix the problem. > > If you look at your wires I'd be willing to bet that the spark plug wire > that goes to #1 is not the one above the notch on the lip of the > distributor. To adjust your valves, just go by the wires. > > Jim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Melissa Kepner Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org > Laura Kepner-Adney > Madison, Wisconsin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >