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On 29 May 2003 at 23:11, Steven Ayres wrote: > Here's what you do. Pull the spark plug out of #1 -- that's the front right > cylinder, the number is stamped in the tin -- get a stick or screwdriver and put > it in the hole. Rotate the engine and watch the stick get pushed out. Stop when > the piston is at TDC. Note the position of your distributor rotor and the > pulley. This is your #1 position, and from here you can confidently start your > valve and spark timing procedures. Make sure your #1 plug wire lines up with the > rotor at about this point. This is only half right. You can still be at the "wrong TDC." > Next clean the crud off the top of your engine case, find the engine number, and > tell us what it is. From this we'll confirm your specific timing procedure. Better yet, tell us what year and FI or carbs, and what kind of carbs. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org