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On 19 Mar 2003 at 21:52, Scott Shuffitt wrote: > Ok fellas, I tried messing with my machine after work today, but it > got dark and I got mad cause It was going no where.. I was working on > setting the idol speed, kinda got it ok, but then, I think due to the > engine warming up, that went to crap. Then I was messing with the > distributer a bit that was kinda loose, I could turn it with my hand, > trying to hear when the engine sounded like it was running best in > bettween tune, start, run for a sec, die, tune, start. Don't try to just guess at what a good timing setting is. This is the road to ruin as you will start guessing at everything and end up with everything out of whack. Buy or borrow a timing light and do it right. You can even do it statically, but the timing light is a wonderful tool that will tell you lots about various things on your engine. > I did notice three odd things. One as I was turning the distributer the > Vacume advance was up against the generator and was pinching off the > vacume tube. So now you know that your guess at the timing is probably way off. Try setting it to TDC. If it is still way off, it is possible that something is assembled wrong, but you won't know that until you get a timing light. OTOH, the vacuum hose should not be against the generator. The type 3 vacuum can should point up to keep it clear. Do you have the wrong advance can in there? > Next, I looked in my Bentley book and I think it said that the Vacume > wasn't put on until 72'. All FI engines from 68 to 73 have both vacuum advance and mech advance. 72 got vacuum retard IN ADDITION. The Bentley shows this correctly. > Third as I was messing with the dist again, with the engine off, I > could move it and I could hear what sounded like the injector working. The FI trigger points in the base of the dist trigger the injectors. When you turned the dist one of them opened (or closed, I forget which it is) and tripped 2 of the injectors. This is a sign that lots of things are working properly. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org