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On 16 Jul 2003 at 15:25, Ben Wampler wrote: > >What order are you adjusting them in? > > I'm doing it from the Muir book... I do the first cylinder at TDC, then > turn the engine counterclockwise 180 degrees and do the second cylinder. > Ditto for #3 and #4 That sounds like the right idea. > >Where do you live? > > Near Indianapolis. Can you be more specific? I was born in Indy and grew up in Richmond. My parents still live there, so I get down there occasionally. > >Seems surprising that it would be firing. Have you measured the > compression? > > No, I don't have a compression gauge... Could this be a big problem? I > know the engine was rebuilt by a PO about 15K miles ago. It's not a big problem, but it might eliminate some of the possibilities. > Could the low power thing be unrelated to the #2 cylinder? Sure. When you've only got 4 cylinders and 65 HP the loss of one cylinder means a lot. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org