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<x-charset windows-1255> PS If this is of any help to anyone, my No 1 spark plug wire is to the rear left of the car in the distributor, approx 7 o'clock. Daniel > Hi all, > > I set out to adjust my valves today, and as usual I was stopped dead by > something before I even got started. It's time somebody wrote a book called > "How to keep your 30 year old Type 3 that stone-age hacks have been messing > about with for the last 25 years alive" > > Anyway, to the point. I searched for TDC of cylinder one., and there is > never a situation where the timing marks are at the top and the distributor > rotor lines up with the line in the side of the distributor. The line points > towards the rear right of the car at about 45 degrees. I can line up where I > expected the line to be (pointing to the front right of the car at about 45 > degrees) with the timing marks. There is (I think) a situation where the > bottom of the pulley (the center of the three bridged teeth) lines up with > the notch. > > I conclude from this that the distributor is misaligned somehow. Can anyone > tell me whether I have misunderstood something or what I need to do about > it? The amazing thing is that the car runs and idles really well, and > frankly, I am tempted to leave well enough alone. How would I adjust the > valves in this situation, without messing with the distrbutor? > > BTW, I did connect up a digital tach-dwell meter (several days ago, the > engine is stone cold now) and it read 47.8, which I understand is well > within spec. > > Regards, > > Daniel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > </x-charset>