Re: [T3] Starting issues continue...

["James Altemus" <jaltemus@snet.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Is static timing covered in the Bentley?  I left the manual over with the
car.  Little help that does now.  I figured that as long as everything lined
up (timing marks, valves closed, rotor pointed at the #1 plug wire) I'd be
able to start the car at least.

Jimbo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Starting issues continue...


> On 30 Apr 2002, at 15:39, James Altemus wrote:
>
> > When I popped the distributor cap, I saw that in fact the mark on
> > the Beetle distributor is incorrect, and that the rotor was
> > pointing toward the back of the motor, specifically at one of the
> > bolts for the fan housing.  Once I confirmed that one of the
> > distributor cap terminals pointed in that general direction, I
> > moved the #1 plug wire there, then moved the rest around
> > accordingly.  To confirm this, please refer to
> > www.jamesaltemus.com,
>
> This looks right now.
>
> > Since I determined that the fuel pump I installed is bad, I've been
> > trying to run the car off a coffee can configuration I rigged up.
>
> With gas in the coffee can, just put it on the roof of the car and run
> gas directly to the carbs, bypassing the pump. There will be
> enough pressure to fill the carbs. That removes one more
> undertainty from the picture. You should be able to look down the
> throats of the carbs and see gas squirting into the bore when you
> depress the throttle.
>
> > I grabbed my timing light and checked to make sure I was getting
> > spark, and at the right time.  Unfortunately, although I was able to
> > get a signal from the timing light (and therefore confirming that I
> > was getting spark) the motor wasn't turning fast enough to confirm
> > that I was getting spark at the right time.
>
> Try static timing it.
>
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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