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On 19 Apr 2004 at 13:40, K Nolte wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > > >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. > Err, sorry about the miscommunication. By 'light goes off' I mean that > it turned on; sorry bout that. I have been following Muir's book rather > closely, as it makes a good deal more sense than the Service Manual. > I'll try doing points by dwell and see what happens. I understand, but I still think you must have picked up the spot where the pointed closed, rather than when they opened. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org