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On 11 Jan 2003 at 12:46, garram1@swbell.net wrote: > When I turn the pulley to get the engine to the point where #1 fires > the marks don't line up. The dist drive gear is probably installed wrong. type 3s are different from type 1s. > The pulley has 4 marks, three close together and one to the left of > them, like this | | | | What year? Oh, I see. A 68, so this would be a 311 905 205L dist, which should work well with any setup. > Using a static timing light - the engine is timed at the far left mark > but the rotor on the distributor is one plug wire to the right of the > mark on the rim of the distributor. That's the TDC mark, which should be correct if you're using a FI distributor. > Finally, the mark on the distributor rim is roughly at the 10 O'Clock > position. This looks correct compared to the Idiot Book. However, > the plug wire above that mark is #4. Moving clockwise the next is > #3, then #2, then #1. So it looks to me as if the engine is timed for > #3 instead of #1. Again, it's just installed in the wrong orientation, but it should run fine like this. The SP wires will be awkward, however. > I thought about rearranging the plug wires and setting the timing for > #1 but the distributor won't rotate far enough to have the pulley and > the rotor line up correctly. The vacuum can gets in the way. > > I changed the plugs, points, cap, rotor, and plug wires but it runs > just as bad as it did yesterday. Anyone got any ideas? I need to > get it running at least well enough to drive to work on Monday. Is the mech advance working right? Is the dwell right? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/