Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:08:53 -0700
Reply-To: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: Timing Mark
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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
> 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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