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Maybe the cables on your distributor are one off, you know ( you have the # 1 where the # 2 should be and so on). Or I don't know if it's possible to actually set the VW distributor 180 degrees off which in any case both are fairly easy to verify. Thanks David 67 Baltic Blue Fastback ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Running high > On 19 Apr 2004 at 12:02, K Nolte wrote: > > > Also, after I had done that, I tried statically timing it. Got it timed > > perfect, light goes off everything is lined up. Tried cranking it. No > > dice. It would spin and spin, but never catch. On a whim once more, I > > rotated the Distributor a good 60-70 degree CCW, back to where it > > originally was. Engine starts right up, but runs really rough. Any > > clues? > > My GUESS is that you did the static timing wrong. Turning the engine in > the > normal direction, you should set the timing so that the light goes ON as > the > timing mark goes by. My guess is that you set it to when the light went > OFF. > The difference should be ~50 deg, so either your estimate of the angle, or > your > dwell, is off a bit. > > It's nice to have a dwell meter to set this. It's a lot more reliable than > by > eye or feeler gauge. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >