Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:43:35 -0600
Reply-To: David Johnson <davidj@ELPASOTEL.NET>
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From: David Johnson <davidj@ELPASOTEL.NET>
Subject: Re: Timing Mark
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Ok, well, I am reading the Haynes manual. It says to pull the #1
plug, and rotate the engine until you feel compression, then pull the
old one, and put the new one on. So fine. But then it says to do a
basic static engine time by rotating to the 7.5 before mark, then
adjust the position of the distributor as needed. So I kinda do need
the timing mark before I use the timing light.
but, I now have a new problem to boot :
I can't turn the engine by hand more than about half a rotation.
(i.e. half way around the distributor). I tried the Haynes trick of
putting it in 4th and pushing it forward (at least as much as I
could, give my limited strength and a semi-flat tire.) and the engine
does keep turning, So - is that a "normal" amount of play in an
engine? Is there something else wrong?
I am going to recheck all of this (and reinflate the tire) the next
time I have a chance to work on things, but any help would be
appreciated before then.
Thanks again,
David.
On Jul 24, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Zoltan wrote:
> The TDC is where the #1 is on top when the valves are closed. OK?
> And only then put the distributore in the right place. The mark on
> the pulley will be important when you use the timing light.
> Z
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Johnson"
> <davidj@ELPASOTEL.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 4:54 PM
> Subject: Timing Mark
>
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>> Ok, so I am slowly putting my '80 Westy back together after an engine
>> fire. I followed the Haynes guide for this since it was a little
>> more detailed than the Bentley, and after putting on a new timing
>> scale, I tried to look for a farking timing mark on the pulley. I
>> took the dang housing cover completely off, and finally after looking
>> and feeling around the pulley, I found this little tiny sort of
>> dimple on the inner rim of the pulley that looks like someone had
>> scraped clean at one point. Since I know a repair job shortly before
>> the fire resulted in the engine being retimed, I assumed this was the
>> mark, set it to TDC, took note of where the rotor was, roughly where
>> the vacuum advance was, and successfully swapped in the new
>> distributor.
>>
>> Now, having said all that, I am pondering if that was really the
>> timing mark, and if I did something else. Of course, once the fuel
>> ring is rebuilt and the wiring harness put back on, I suppose I will
>> be able to tell more readily, huh? But if anyone with wisdom on an
>> aircooled could offer any critiques, ideas, or things I missed, I
>> would be glad. I can at least guarantee that the rotor is on the
>> correct side of the distributor relative to where it was, and the
>> thing is in place about where it was before. So as long as nothing
>> else is utterly FUBAR the engine should at some point start and keep
>> running long enough to properly time it, right?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
>> '80 Westy (Blue Midget) slowly coming back from the brink.
>>
>>
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