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<x-charset iso-8859-1>On 15 May 2002, at 9:15, Everett Barnes wrote: > The initial advance drops to 7.5 BTDC when I take the vacuum hose off. I also sucked on the vacuum hose to check for smooth advance. The advance worked on my workbench, it just didn't fully return to its starting position. I could push it a few more degrees with my finger. Now that it is installed and running, it seems to be working fine. > Jim Adney said: > If it always sticks in the same place your timing will always appear to be fine. Suppose it has a total advance of 10 degrees (20 crankshaft degrees) but it sticks at 2 degrees (4 crankshaft degrees) when it drops back. Then when you time it you're really already 4 degrrees up the advance curve, assuming that it's dropped back to it's "usual" sticky spot.... You should open up the dist, suck on the vacuum adv hose and release it. Then try to push the points plate back home. If it moves some more, then you probably aren't getting as much out of it as you should. > Some follow-up: I double-checked this with the Squareback cold yesterday night when I left work and this morning before I left for work. Distributor cap off, sucked on the hose, the points plate fully returned to its starting point. Nice smooth movement and it "snapped back" as mentioned in other responses. Everett Barnes '63/'67 Squarebacks everettb@thesamba.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe </x-charset>