Date:         Tue, 19 Nov 96 20:20:05 CST
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From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: Timing mark

On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:53:10 -0600 Bryan Feddish said:
>Which one of those notches on the pulleys is the one I use for my timing in my
>83.5, the one on the large pulley towards the engine or the smaller one in
>front of it closer to the rear?

Bentley wasn't much help, neither was the English repair manual ('use the
front mark on the pulley'). so i looked in the German repair manual. it
shows the engine-side mark being use for timing.

>(What's the other one for?)

well, if someone can translate this, we'll know:
"Bei richtig eingestellter Zu:ndung muss die Zu:ndmarke (2) auf der in
Fahrtrichtung vorderen Riemenscheibenha:lfte der Motorgeha:usetrennfuge (3)
"gegenu:berstehen", wenn sie bei laufendem Motor vom Schein der
Stroboskoplampe angeblizt wird.

Soll der Obere Totpunkt eingestellt werden, muss die OT-Marke (1) an die
Trennfuge dedreht werden."

where (1) is the pulley mark on the bumper side of the pulley.
      (2) is the pulley mark on the engine side of the pulley.
      (3) is the split/crease of the engine case (where the mark is supposed
          to line up.

all i can figure from the above is that the (2) mark should line up with the
(3) crease/split in the light of the stroboscope light.  ??

joel