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Phil - It is not anything you have to do before or during assembly. I just static timed it to get it close enough to get it started. You will be able to do the same thing with your FI engine. You can even do it before you put the engine back in! There is a small half circle boss on the magnesium fan shroud just above the small hole in the top of the tin pulley shroud. On the crankshaft pulley there are 3 notches for setting the timing. I merely lined up the proper notch with the flat face of the small half circle boss when the distributor rotor is pointed at the #1 cylinder location on the cap. I then loosened the distributor clamp and rotated the distributor around a bit until I got it to the location where the points just start to open. You can also use a simple test light across the point to get a better idea of when they open. This should get you close enough on the timing that it will start and run. You should then adjust the timing with a strobe type timing light and/or dwell meter to get it just right. Hope this helps. Later, John Jaranson '71 FI Auto Fasty (Jane) '66 Square (???) http://hometown.aol.com/jaransonT3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe