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On 27 Apr 2002, at 13:56, Daniel Baum wrote: > PPS: It's me again. If I can measure current at the coil, indeed if I can > see it go on and off as I turn the engine, as the pulley timing mark is near the > top and the rotor is going past No. 1 spark plug position, then this must be TDC > of cylinder 1 right? No, this alone only tells you that you are either at TDC for # 1 or for # 3. Those 2 TDCs are 360 crankshaft degrees apart. > I have also in doing so tested the timing of the ignition, right? If you find the point where the current just stops (as you rotate the engine in its normal direction) then this is called static timing, so yes, right. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org