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On 1 Sep 2006 at 7:51, Smith, Ethan Nicholas wrote: > 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. This makes me wonder whether the mechanical advance in your distributor is frozen up. This is rather common, but it's easy to check with your timing light. Just get the light on the marks and then speed up the engine. The timing marks should move to the left as the mechanical advance does its thing. If the timing marks don't move, you should send the distributor to me to be freed up and rebuilt. You can also check the advance by grabbing the rotor and twisting it CW. It should move 1/2" or so and snap back smartly when you release it. If it doesn't want to move, it will need to be serviced. If it moves, but only sluggishly, you can try a couple drops of oil in the felt pad in the top of the shaft under the rotor. Let this soak in and see if that helps over a few days. DON'T try to drive a car with no advance. That's really hard on the engine. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~