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On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 08:55, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > > Kris, you need to get a dial back type of timing light and set it to 30 > degrees. Now run the engine up to 3000 rpms, and check and reset the timing. The > 009 needs to be set at 3000 rpms with preferably 30 degrees total advance (32 > degrees max) at speed and then letting the intial timing fall where it will at > idle. The reason for setting them at speed is that ALL 009's are not made > equal, and each needs to be set at their own setting. This is why you have no top > end, as you've probably got too much intial, causing all the advance to be in > too soon. I hope this helps. > Also make sure that the mechanical advance is working. If it is frozen, this could cause the same symptoms. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org