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On 7 Nov 2004 at 11:22, Jason Weigel wrote: > 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. NO fuse should have any effect on the engine running; none of this power is fused. I HAVE seen ignition points wires which were broken under the insulation, so that the ignition could sputter as the vacuum advance moved and flexed that wire. It COULD be the ignition switch, since these can be sensitive to vibration and the vibration changes down near idle. You can usually tell this by just jiggling (rotating) the key a bit to see if that has any effect. Can you take the vac adv hose off and see if it will idle at ANY timing setting? This may require a friend to help with the throttle. If you can find some range where it will idle, then you should be able to figure out where it should be timed. I'm not sure about this on the early cars, but I think that putting the vac hose back on should NOT make a difference at idle. If I'm wrong about this will someone please explain this to me and tell me why. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~