> I have no experience with Type-4 engines. But if I had this happen to > an older baywindow bus with a type-1 engine, the first place I'd look > would be the distributor. Specifically, the centrifugal-advance > mechanism. > I been staying out of this thread for lack of knowledge, but this post by Steve makes a lot of sense. I now know a bit from hooking and unhooking the vacuum lines during my transplant. From what I remember from the Bentley man (sitting on my desk at home), the late FI busses get *no* advance til (a) some outrageously high RPM as sensed by some of those little vacuum hoses, and (b) 4th gear is engaged. Then it gets a fair amount all at once (if I remember correctly). Make sure the skinny vac hoses are all plugged in correctly. If that doesn't help, look in the Bentley on the distributor.
> > If it were me, I'd do the following: > <really nice procedure deleted> I like the procedure, but I would advise reading the bentley first, as the advance mechanism is completely different in the FI busses. > ______________________________________________________________________ > _ ______________ > ______//________ Steve Maher smaher@gi.com //__][__||____\\ > /o _ | -| _ \ San Diego, CA 75461,1717 (o _-| _ o| > `-(_)=======(_)---' '(_)-------(_)-' > '66 Mustang Coupevertible '89 Son Sherwin '80 VW V6anagon BTW, Steve, why no ASCII art of Sherwin? ;-)
Steve Dolan Alexandria, VA
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