re this firing order thing.. the really easy way to remember it and check it is , it's 1-2-3-4 *going backwards*. very easy to see.....1,2,3,4 Counter Clockwise. Only takes a second to check that way. you need to make sure # is in the right spot of course. There's a faint notch on the top edge of the dist body for where # 1 is. re not starting now ... is either the timing too retarded, or plugs are wet-fouled with fuel and can't fire ? dist clamp tight enough to keep dizzy from Turing on its own ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ry" <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:31 PM Subject: Re: first try = first run
> ok so I made a mistake. i had the spark plugs hooked up on the > distributor > cap so that it was firing 1-2-3-4 instead of 1-4-3-2 even though I KNEW > what it was supposed to be, just a late evening working all day shoulda > taken a break mistake. > > Thing is it started right up that way though was rough and a bit loud(now > i > know why!). > Now that I got it all hooked up proper like, it doesn't want to start, it > has sputtered a few times. :( did i do something awful? > > I'm letting it rest right now and charging the batter(i didn't try so long > that i let the battery go dead, just knew it hadn't been charged in more > than a month) > > sigh... any hep? > -Ry > http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:34 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > >> I hope you did manage to put oil in the tranny before running the engine >> much. You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since the >> engine >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> Ry wrote: >> >>> Update: >>> A few loose bolts on engine tin, timing not dialed in yet, coolant >>> system >>> needs to be bled some more(not that hard imho) and DOH i forgot to put >>> trans >>> oil in BEFORE i bolted it all up and made it more difficult to do. >>> >>> BUT first try and it started right up :) >>> >>> >>> |
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