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HELP- busted timing belt near Willits CA.
Historical mailing list - Matthew
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:04:12 -0700
a buddy driving a syncro westy TDI (AHU) broke his timing belt 1500 miles from home. Do anybody know anything about a shop near...
Timing marks question
Historical mailing list - Jonny Miner
Sun, 24 Mar 96 17:18:45 UT
...The problem is, in the table that shows where each year is to be timed, it shows mine as having three timing marks (TDC...
Re: Condensor for 90A alternator
Historical mailing list - shawn luft
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:02:47 -0400
Did you let test the timing and idle / full throttle adjustments? Perhaps it's not set properly? I've got one of the lights...
Re: I need help from my air-cool budy's, timing questions!!!
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Sun, 15 Sep 2002 07:50:25 -0400
...Next, set the static timing by rolling the motor back to where the timing mark aligns with the proper mark on the little plastic...
Re: timing these beasts
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 8 Jul 2003 07:53:51 -0400
...timing these beasts If you have an inductive timing light, find the spark plug wire to No. 1 cylinder, put the inductive pick-up...
Re: Throttle switches
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:46:21 -0400
...Then adjust idle and timing (timing has drastic effect on idle speed; set timing with idle less than 1000 rpm). For green box, set...
Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:50:06 -0400
...First off, does the vacuum canister actually > ever retard the timing? Secondly, the vacuum signal > adjusts the timing for engine load (i.e. lugging...
Re: [DIESEL] Diesel Westy FS in Kansas
Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:54:28 -0600
...mine is from an '85 Quantum, and it appears to have a fancier cover over the timing belt than the pre-85 era engines...
Re: [T2] who has air cooled timing scale?
Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:10:05 -0600
>From: "Paul Guzyk" >Does anyone know where I can buy a timing scale for an 81 air cooled >Vanagon engine? >I prefer a new...
Re: stumped
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:44 -0800
...If you don't get some attempt at running put the timing light on #1 and point it at the timing marks. Get back...
Subject: Re: Emissions Testing, passed! (third time's a charm)
Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:51:34 -0400
...Also works on older American cars with stretched timing chains. Hope this info helped Thought is our most powerful weapon! DAN STEVENS 76 BAJA...
Audi 5000 turbo motor info
Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
Sun, 2 May 1999 23:55:15 -0400
...Most important maintenance on this engine is changing the timing belt. I recently purchased an 86 Audi 5000 turbo, got it cheap because the...
Re: [Diesel] Timing Belt Rubbing Against Edge of Pulley...
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:18:35 -0600
Entity Milo spoke thus: > then that the timing belt is rubbing against the rear edge/lip on the > pulleys, and that it's worn...
anyone with a 1.9L wbx advanced the timing???? as a performance mod?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:49:03 EST
has anyone out there with a '83-'85 1.9L wbx vanagon advanced the timing as a performance mod? what are the performance results...
Re: Timing Belts, Gears, Chains etc
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:34:10 -0700
...Timing Belts, Gears, Chains etc > Subie EJ22 timing belt change even with SmallCar mount (in mine): I > got it down to 2 hrs and...
DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:36:40 -0500
...0 - 2 @ 1050 RPM w/o vacuum and basic timing 2 - 6 @1300 RPM w/o vacuum and basic timing 12 - 16 @2400 RPM...
Lost Power 85 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Don
Sat, 8 Oct 2011 23:22:06 -0600
You may have replaced the cam a tooth or two off thus upsetting the valve timing. Had the same thing happen when a timing...
digifant/ digijet? little vanagon content me thinks
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:55:46 EST
...The timing registers as being off and uneven with the idle speed within specs and the timing light hooked up. And all this apprehension...
Re: Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Wed, 4 Jul 2001 18:37:58 -0400
...There is where the relative timing is generated. The metal end of the rotor is a fairly wide arch. It has to be to...
Re: Zoooooom!
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:24:04 -0500
...Overly advanced timing (if you ignore the > pinging, or have a loud stereo) can burn holes in pistons, and > other > horrible stuff. > > Timing is...
Re: Timing belt - Subie engines
Historical mailing list - John Reddick
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:35:09 -0400
...The negative? 100k later when you need a new timing belt, you find you know little about the engine, as it has been running...
Best place to get Timing Lights? (minor Vanagon content)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 31 May 1998 22:09:34 -0700
I need to get a timing light! I'm sick and tired of borrowing one all the time from my friend (I hate it...
Re: Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:44:29 -0500
...After an engine install, I'm > working on timing and note thatthe distributor cap seems to have a lot > of slop in its fitto...
Re: Shocking Photo
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Wed, 16 May 2007 00:20:18 -0400
...By any chance your idle stablizer's two connectors are not plugged in? The two needs to be pluged to each other for timing...
Re: backfiring?
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:26:44 -0400
...Start with the timing, and pretend the thermostat isn't even there--just set the timing to about 5* BTDC, and make sure it...
Re: no power in 4th
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
Maybe its the "4th gear timing adjustment mechanism" thats out of whack. Isn't there a vacuum line(s) running from the distributer up...
Re: '85 Vanagon - won't come off idle
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:43:15 EST
Kenn; Is your timing and advance in specs? If not You could have a vacuum leak and/or improper initial timing. Drive Safely & Good...
Re: head gaskets, my turn
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:36:12 -0700
>> >>One question I was asked at the shop is 'has the timing belt ever been >>replaced?" ------------------------- Tell them "no it hasn't" and ask...
Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc (NVC)
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:41:44 -0700
...50:25 -0400 >From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> >Subject: Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc (NVC) > ><snip> > >Now, about our wasser, like we...
Re: 81 Vanagon Type 4 Motor Timing
Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
Thu, 9 Apr 2020 09:35:42 -0400
...No > issues with power. > > > > I would like to replace the points and advance the timing. The problem is > that I cannot advance the timing...
Re: Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 11:52:19 -0700
...When I have a chance I'll do an experiment where I set proper gap and timing, then pull the plugs and diminish the...
Re: 1.9ltr vanagon timing help needed.
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:13:31 -0400
<html> <body> Hi Tony <br> OR you can drag your BUTT over to the Shed and Borrow the Timing light with the Little knob...
Re: End-play's effect on timing.
Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
Thu, 19 Sep 1996 18:56:14 +0000
... with regard to end-play is that >excessive end-play will cause your timing to 'hunt' by as much as ten >degrees(!) This is...
Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:25:02 -0400
...I > don't think the TDI should be equipped with a rubber timing > belt--almost every VW I've ever had had the timing...
Re: Sloppy timing?
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:56:00 -0800
...I haven't had to do a manual timing in decades and don't >> remember if this is normal. Time for a distributor rebuild?
stumped
Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:09:13 -0800
...The timing light shows I'm getting spark; I tried it on all four plug wires. 3. Right now, the timing is at TDC...
009 Timing
Historical mailing list
Sat, 15 Oct 1994 01:31:55 -0400
What is the correct (initial) timing for a 009 on a 71 (1600)? A parts house told me to time it the same as...
Re: Paging VW Van Full Timers
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:08:31 -0700
Full Timing is what RVers call living full time in your RV, as opposed to living in a permanent location and taking trips. Bill...
Re: Friday Vanagon Gloat: almost NVC
Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:50:40 GMT
...timing belt spec is 100k on my wife's 2003 TDI jetta wagon. > > > > Then he started telling me about the $600 timing...
Re: '85, 1.9 timing questions
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:27:58 EST
...The timing notch for the 1.9L is to the left of the TDC notch. Bentley may have flipped the photo. Of course, if...
Re: Wont start. need help
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:34:57 EDT
Earl; Have someone turn it over while you look at the timing with a timing light. The advance mech could have jammed in the...
Re: Timing Billy Bones - Need Help.
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:09:54 -0800
Have you tried static timing as per John Muir??? if you waNt the pages I have them scanned (JPG) and I can either post...
Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Fast Forward
Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:52:40 -0800
...The timing was changed via vacuum and centrifugal advancing. The knock sensor kit replaces the distributor with a pure electronic one and a computer...
Re: Neils' Vanagon conversion: IT RUNS ! (more or less! --- :^)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:22:08 -0700
...Some stock Vanagon engines allow setting the > cam timing even more precisely, less than a tooth on the timing belt. > > Mark > > > > > > Mike wrote: > > > Ditto...
Ignition screw ups
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:15:57 -0800
...Swap them with stock points and it still runs like crap although not misfiring (can tell by timing light). Just can't get the...
Re: Vanagon Swap Concerns
Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
Thu, 7 May 1998 00:48:15 -0400
Seems like there's plenty of room for a timing belt change. My 2.3 turbo motor has enough clearance, and this block is...
Re: compression & advance
Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:07:57 -0400
Tom Young wrote: > > Sean: > > My book calls for timing 4 to 6 degrees AFTER TDC. If you're really > timing BTDC then you're...
Ignition timing
Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:30:50 -0600
...The timing is set at factory specs but I am wondering if I could advance it a few degrees to improve low end torque...
Re: Timing light power connections
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:38:04 -0400
...if this is an obvious one... > > Where can I connect my timing light in the engine compartment (I mean the > power leads). > Thanks > > Jason...
Induction Timing Light
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:21:52 -0600
Would some of you more experienced Vanagon folk mind recommending a good induction timing light. I n3ed to do some tuning, and trouble shooting...
Re: Zoooooom!
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:12:09 -0400
...Overly advanced timing (if you ignore the pinging, or have a loud stereo) can burn holes in pistons, and other horrible stuff. Timing is...
2 liter saga with fi continued
Historical mailing list - puzerewski
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 18:59:01 -0400
...Ordered new distributor clamp from the dealer..........Will see if that helps keep the high end timing stabilized. When you put the timing light...
Distributor Woes - 88 GL - 2.1L
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Thu, 19 Dec 2013 05:27:27 -0600
...I noted that even with the TDC timing mark at the split in the case - the distributor finger on the replacement distributor did not...
Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:07:03 EDT
...of a Honda dealership and we replace most timing belts at 7 yrs. or 105, 000 miles per Honda's recommendation. We usually don...
Re: timing belt?
Historical mailing list - Bill Layton
Thu, 22 Sep 1994 12:39:30 -0500 (EST)
...The subaru is however 'blessed' with 2! timing belts- so what's up? btw- the suburu is not a 'zero clearence' engine so a...
Re: Eurovan Timing Belt
Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:14:24 -0400
<(mum on the gas 5 cyl).> It seems that VW is mum for all there gas engines when it comes to timing belt change...
Re: Dyno testing and timing changes was Re: 85 1.9L timing mark - o...
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:39:22 -0800
really...it's not that 1-900 number you're used to. sorry. *weg* bill On Thursday, January 17, 2002, at 01:31 , mike...
Re: setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:55:16 -0600
...no one give me any idea on how to set the timing on my 1984 vanagon 1.9L on my first post ....anyone have...
Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:20:28 -0800
...0 - 2 @ 1050 RPM w/o vacuum and basic timing 2 - 6 @1300 RPM w/o vacuum and basic timing 12 - 16 @2400 RPM...
Re: Timing/Distributer question
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:13:55 -0500
...I'm sure the mechanic set the timing to spec. Anyway, the van has > smooth power throughout the entire band but is really sluggish...