[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 20:04, David Martinez wrote: > Ok , I understand, what I don't understand is the (Points Gap) diffrence > between the feeler gauge method. I used the specified feeler gauge (.16) but > my dwell was only about 33. That is why I went ahead and used the dwell > meter and forgot about the gap to get the timing light aligned to 7 1/2 > BTDC. Do I make sense?, I am about to test it so I will let you know how it > runs. I am also using 89 octane gas so I might buy a booster tomorrow if the > pinging persists. > Are you sure your dwell meter is for a 4 cyl. engine? The 33 degrees sounds like it is set for 6 cylinder. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~