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Could be the advance mechanism on the distributor is stuck retarded. Try twisting the rotor arm anticlockwise and seeing if it springs back. Remove the rotor arm and put a bit of light oil on the felt pad. The light doesn't have any adjustment to when it fires? Some you can dial in a certain advance so it flashes late (I think - not got one of those so I may be way off) . Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smith, Ethan Nicholas" <ENSMITH@southernco.com> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 12:51 PM Subject: [T3] Fi help > Jim, > Well I got the car to run last night. I shifted the timing and it > cranked, only thing is with a timing light I check on the pulley and it > is about 2-2.5 inches to the right on the pulley of TDC. I don't know > why the timing would be that far from where it should be. I have not > pulled the trigger points yet. The voltage was ok when I checked it. > The car skips at idle and a little when it is running, it runs pretty > smooth, but there is the slightest skip in it. It is hardly noticeable > most of the time, unless you listen closely Driving you will feel it > barely but it doesn't seem to affect the power any. I don't know on the > gas mileage, I haven't driven the car in quite a while and the muffler > had a big hole in it when we did drive it, got one of those tuck up > under the rear apron muffler now- I am impressed by how good that looked > and performs. So far everything seems to be pointing back to the > distributor. > > ESmith > > > > _____________________________________________ > From: type3-d-request@vwtype3.org > [mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org] > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:34 PM > To: type3-d@vwtype3.org > Subject: type3-d Digest V2006 #330 > > << Message: Untitled Attachment >> << Message: Re: > [T3] List Funds >> << Message: RE: [T3] Front disc brakes >> << > Message: Re: [T3] i need FI help >> << Message: Re: type3-d Digest > V2006 #329 >> << Message: Re: [T3] Front disc brakes >> << Message: > Re: [T3] Front disc brakes >> << Message: Re: [T3] Back in > the saddle again! >> << Message: [T3] How do horns work? >> << > Message: [T3] Looking for tools >> << Message: Re: [T3] Looking for > tools >> << Message: RE: [T3] Front disc brakes >> << Message: RE: > [T3] I need help/ideas..... >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >