Date:         Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:35:29 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: timing tyro
Comments: To: WoodyHalsey@COMPUSERVE.COM

>Related question: Where is the "ECU temp sensor?" I know where the
>"temp 2 sensor" is; are they one and the same?

Yes, It is the blue plastic bodied, two terminal sensor. I would
disconnect the large plug from the ECU and read back through the harness
to see if the TEMPII sensor is in the circuit. If disconnected it will
advance the timing and cause it to idle very high.


Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:47:46 -0500 Woody Halsey
<WoodyHalsey@COMPUSERVE.COM> writes:
>Dear Friends,
>
>Well, my first attempt at timing has been, so far, a complete bust.
>Any
>hand holding or concrete suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks to several of you, I figured out how to set up the light and
>loose=
>n
>the distributor and plug the idle stabilizer plugs into each other. I
>can=
>
>get the engine to idle without stalling (it sounds "normal," but I do
>not=
>
>know the RPM) and I can can make it run faster (maybe smoother?) by
>rotating the the distributor. BUT both the rounded mark and the
>triangula=
>r
>mark on the pulleys appear under the strobe to be well to the left of
>the=
>
>seam on the block ... maybe 15-20 degrees. If I rotate the distributor
>clockwise, the marks appear to move back toward where they should be,
>but=
>
>before they get to the line, the engine stalls.
>
>Is it worth pursuing this operation, if do not have any way of
>measuring
>RPM accurately and if I do not have the measuring devices called for
>by t=
>he
>Bentley to check the throttle and the idle stabilizer control unit?
>
>Is there a step-by-step description of the basic process anywhere. My
>search of the archives yesterday turned up nothing, and the Bentley is
>confusing.
>

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