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You should be able to work out the marks from finding TDC with the pencil in the plug hole technique. How far apart are the two marks you have? None of the pulleys ahve a mark for 180 degrees out - just a flat area for balance purposes. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Weigel" <notchboy@comcast.net> To: <T34@type34.org>; "Type 3 List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 7:22 PM Subject: [T3] Wont idle.....still snipped > Problem is it starts and remains running if I feather the gas. As soon as I > let off it dies. Re start, it shoots to life then dies if I dont feather it. > It dosnt accelerate well eithor. I have to feather it to get it up to high > RPM. > > Is my timming off, would it cause this? The trouble with this early motor is > it has two marks on the fan. What are they? 0,7.5 or 10?? It also has NO > mark 180 deg out for 2 and 4 setting. So I could be setting it wrong. > > Any input? > > Jason > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~