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On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 12:45, Michael Cecil wrote: > At 11:21 AM 6/23/2005, Toby Erkson said: > >But how can you check it when you don't even know what notch represents > >0¼? ;-) That is a nice wheel, BTW. Thanks for the link :-) > > Welcome. I've just been using the 0 degree mark > on my pulley assuming it's right, but there was a > thread in RAMVA not long ago detailing this same > problem. I think it involved making a jig to go > into a spark plug hole where you'd rotate the > engine each way until the cylinder was stopped by > the jig, marking each stop point on the pulley, > then measuring halfway between > them. Hmmmm. Here's the thread: http://tinyurl.com/cte5o I have an adapter for a dial indicator that fits onto the sparkplug hole. That will give exact TDC for any cylinder. That is how you time 2 cycle engines. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~