Look for the tail-end of that bentley procedure... after the description with the specail VW test equipment, you should find an alternate procedure using a timing light.
At 06:39 AM 8/16/2006 -0400, Jay Brown wrote: >I am getting ready to do a tuneup on my '85 Westy, but I can't figure out >how to check the timing. Bentley tells me to hook up test equipment that I >don't have, so it's not much help. I have a good Actron timing gun and a >multi-meter with tach/dwell. Is there any way to correctly check and adjust >the timing on my van with just these tools? > >Thanks in advance, >Jay Brown >'85 Westfalia >'72 Riviera |
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