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• Re: Digijet timing ATDC or BTDC? compare air cooled AFM
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:15:21 -0400
  I advanced the timing on my '84 more by the sound of the engine than anything else as I did not want to mess...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:33:01 -0500
  ...Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX Kinda groping in the blind here and have a couple of questions. Hope someone...
• Timing Mark
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:54:31 -0600
  ...I followed the Haynes guide for this since it was a little more detailed than the Bentley, and after putting on a new timing...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:21:50 -0400
  ...The first thing I'd check is the ignition timing. Free, too. >> >> Start by setting the timing, with the idle stabilizer bypassed, to >> 10...
• Diesel timing tool
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:07:41 +0000
  Anyone know where to get the gauge for timing a diesel injection pump? Or possibly an alternate method, other than doing it by "ear...
• Still no idle
  Historical mailing list - Dead Head
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:44:42 -0800
  ...tonight will do the plugs, cap, rotor thing...do you time like a airhead? Don't have book yet....I found timing mark on...
• Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:12:51 -0500
  ...After an engine install, I'm working on timing and note that the distributor cap seems to have a lot of slop in its...
• '85, 1.9 timing questions
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:05:40 -0800
  ...I tried to set the timing mark even with the place where the crank case comes together. However if I move it a little...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:46 -0700
  Neil, Thanks, I did ask the mechanic if he checked the timing and firing order. He said he checked and verified both 3 times...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:06:27 -0800
  ...Put a timing light on it, rev it by hand, and watch to >>> see if >>> it returns to the proper idle timing. Did you...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:06:11 -0400
  My family has had 3 experiences with timing belt breakage. Two were interference engines and required rebuilding the heads. The third was in a...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer firing order
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Mon, 14 May 2001 00:14:29 -0400
  Thanks for all the feedback guys! Got the timing all dialed in today, I am going with 3 degrees btdc. The idle has improved...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer firing order
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Mon, 14 May 2001 00:14:30 -0400
  Thanks for all the feedback guys! Got the timing all dialed in today, I am going with 8 degrees btdc. The idle has improved...
• Re: 1.9L timing help
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 7 May 2001 16:25:10 EDT
  Uh Jay, I got the Before and After TDC confused but the factory timing notch is to the left of the TDC notch on...
• Re: Timing '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 11:39:48 -0600
  Bob Stevens wrote: > > Know I'm missing something obvious here, but.... > I'm trying to use a timing light on my Westy and get...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:00:18 +0000
  ...the Digijet system used an ignition distributor with vacuum devices that moved components in the distributor to change the ignition timing. After that(86...
• Re: weird flooding engine (very weird)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:07:07 -0400
  ...The last thing I did was rebuild/lubricate the moving parts that make up the timing advance in the distributor. I believe it was...
• Re: Power loss - '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 May 2017 22:28:54 -0500
  ...Why would you suspect the ignition timing? There is not > timing mechanism in the distributor, all done in the ECU. Only way for it...
• Re: timing trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 18:46:17 -0700
  ...I just got a timing scale > from Bus Depot and got it mounted, found and marked the timing marks on the > pully, but I...
• RE: '73 Toyo-Westy (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Mon, 13 May 1996 19:02:38 -0500
  ...However, the one in my >parents' car has a timing chain, not a timing belt. It's an '89. 60K+ >miles and only needed...
• Fw: Advancing timing for more power, was: Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 4 May 2002 08:45:01 -0400
  ...Advancing timing for more power, was: Boston Bob's web site Let me start by telling you that my gas article on my web...
• Re: strange idling
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 1 Sep 2007 14:21:44 -0400
  ...These are > clearly the wrong spots for timing. I marked the distributor before playing > with timing, so i know its back where it was...
• Re: Timing
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 12 Sep 2020 09:24:31 -0600
  On 11 Sep , 2020, at 5:54 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > The problem with setting timing based on altitude is that at some point...
• Re: 1.9 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:01:08 -0400
  If you have fuel and spark; all that is left is timing. Seems like I had a no-start-after-stall problem on our...
• Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:21:36 -0400
  At 11:43 AM 10/22/2008, B.J.R. wrote: >Going through your equation below, I did my measurements on the crank pulley...
• Re: Zoooooom!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:10:36 +0100
  ...I asked, "can we put a timing light on it and check where it's at?" We got out the light, hooked it up...
• Re: missing wire at distributor? and timing question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:30:23 -0400
  ...missing wire at distributor? and timing question Try what? 10 degrees ahead of standard timing on a standard DJ 2.1 - you must be...
• Re: [NVC] Passat Timing Belt Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 8 May 2009 12:33:53 -0700
  ...Re: [NVC] Passat Timing Belt Replacement > To: "David Kao" <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> > Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 11:05...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:32:24 -0400
  ...The SVX intake cam is gear driven off the exhaust cam instead of having another loop in the timing belt. The intake gear is...
• Re: Setting the diesel timing.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 05:57:23 -0600
  ...I am going over to Zoran's house to set my timing since he has the tool > that >> screws into the pump. Just in...
• Re: Use of timing light on 1985 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:01:32 -0700
  ...On 9/27/06, AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@comcast.net> wrote: > > My timing light has short wires - spark #1 + battery pos. & Neg. > > Any...
• Timing??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 18:50:57 -0700
  what's the timeing 'angle'? or is it simply the nothc w/ the case mark?
• ECU Logic for surging, bucking, and low power.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 19:35:09 -0800
  ...He check the timing first and found that some times the ECU would try to correct a "RPM" or other parameter by adjusting the...
• Re: 1.9L timing help
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 7 May 2001 14:22:58 EDT
  ...I changed the timing back to TDC (readjusting the idle accordingly) and it is much more drivable. Runs smooth, power is good and the...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:42:45 -0700
  ...In > > Smog Check II test areas using the dyno, the idle timing is monitored, > > but the timing during high rpm/load test test is...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:26:58 -0600
  I need a tach to set the engine rpm for tweaking the ignition timing. The tach in my van doesn't work - and one...
• Re: Help! Vanagon timing
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 15:12:27 -0500
  ...1 Connect power to the timing light from the power-out stud on the alternator; 2. Connect the signal lead to spark plug 1...
• Re: Rich mixture/excessive fuel use
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:35:18 -0400
  ...Timing seems to be correct, >though I have no notch on my pulleys and used a ^ shaped mark on >the flywheel and centered it...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:29:17 -0700
  ...LOL. ;) I guess most modern timing lights have that feature now. On 6/30/16, Pat Spragge <spraggepat@gmail.com> wrote: > Right. That's...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:49:11 -0500
  You might have the timing off 180. A simple way to find TDC is to pull #1 plug. Put your finger in the plug...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:11:09 -0700
  ...SNIP But it has a timing chain? (small PDF download) http://www.gmtunertour.com/PDF/2005/Ecotec_22L.pdf -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:11:26 -0400
  ...You or any one talking about timing belt changes, >>arguing with someone that it is a timing chain in vanagon engine. >> If you insist...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:17:34 -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...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:26:40 -0400
  Is there any reason not to rev it up and set the timing at maximum advance? It's not the timing at idle that...
• Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:24:36 -0700
  ...On 4/26/05, Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > I am trying to understand the various mechanisms that > control the timing...
• trying some new timing settings...
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:00:12 +0000
  ...I have generally set my timing a little bit advanced (I think this is advanced--mark to the LEFT of the engine seam). I...
• Re: ECU for CA
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:27:32 -0700
  ...You also have electronic ignition system with NO points in your distributor! Your timing is also different. Bill V. "I'd Rather Be Hiking...
• basic tune-up - 91' vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wang
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 09:29:32 EST
  ...Where could I find the timing mark on the engine case (advancing degree, etc.) - I found the timing mark on the pulley. Anything else...
• IT HAS STARTED!!!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 2 May 2005 19:20:24 -0700
  ...But worse, the timing was 180 degrees off. I had to pull out the gear and relocate it to be able to put the...
• Re: Failed emission testing - Nox
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:52:03 -0400
  Check the ignition timing (over advanced) and repalce the catalytic converter. Dennis
• Re: Simple timing question, '84 1.9 l
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:41:53 -0500
  ...Idle speeds up when timing mark is to the left, runs smooth, >but doesn't have a lot of power and pings under load...
• Dead '91GL Again
  Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 22:29:15 -0600
  ...Tomorrow I check the engine timing. Could something have failed a screwed up the engine timing? When cranking, it acts as if the timing...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:11:21 -0700
  ...I hooked up a timing light and tried to crank it -- got a few flashes and the engine sputtered a bit, then no flashes...
• Fixing an 009 distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 06 Sep 1995 10:17:00 -0700 (PDT)
  Finally found out why the timing on my '71 bus is so screwy. It has a stock 1600 single-port engine (long story), original...
• Re: missing wire at distributor? and timing question
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:04:57 +0100
  Try what? 10 degrees ahead of standard timing on a standard DJ 2.1 - you must be Joe King? I think Jay has a...
• Re: NVC, Full timing article.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 06:23:30 -0400
  ...NVC, Full timing article. Don't believe the Diesel pushers getting 12 mpg though. Dennis ########### quite possible. My 10 ton HINO box truck got...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:19:20 -0700
  ...My book calls for timing 4 to 6 degrees AFTER TDC. If you're really timing BTDC then you're too far advanced. This...
• Why my 1.9 turbodiesel died...
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 18 May 1999 14:49:48 -0400
  ...In addition it is usually possible to hear the timing belt screech - even in the rear installation. It makes sense to periodically inspect the...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Question
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:01:08 -0400
  Disagree with comment on timing belt. I goues it was 1989 or 1990, and I had just driven my Vanagon back from Detroit after...
• Question about a VW FOX
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 5 May 2007 09:29:49 -0700
  ...Not too bad a ping, but enough to want it fixed.Maybe a bit better gas mileage.The Fox Bentley says that the timing...