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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Jim Adney wrote: Well it has been changed but I just don't know how much of it has been changed. The FI has been removed and replaced with solex carbs and it has a 009 distributor. I know the heads were also replaced not to long ago. Is there any way for me to tell what year the pully is? It's running fine now but I want to learn as much about it as I can so that when something does go wrong I am prepared. Thanks for your help. -jake > On 23 Mar 99, at 14:08, Jacob Hagemier wrote: > > > I have a 72 fastback on the pully there is 4 lines. Three close together > > and one a little off to the left. I am assuming that like according to > > muir, the one on the far left is TDC. Can anyone confirm this and let me > > know where the other lines are set in relation. > > This sounds like a 68-71 pulley and, yes, the left notch is TDC. The > others are 7.5, 10 and 12.5. A 72 usually has a rather special tune- > up procedure and the 72-3 pulley is also different. What you need to > do depends on what year your engine is. Does your dist have a vacuum > cannister with two vacuum connections? How many pins are there on > your throttle valve switch? > > If someone has changed everything so it really is a 71 (for example) > then you should tune it like a 71. > > Jim > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wiscon蠔拝 > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > Jacob Hagemier n9346916@cc.wwu.edu =================== It was autumn, the springtime of death. Rain spattered the rotting leaves, and a wild wind wailed. Death was singing in the shower. Death was happy to be alive. -Tom Robbins