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• RE: 73 bus / timing question...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 15:42:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...ATDC although it runs significantly better at >0 deg.??? Or is it okay to advance the timing a bit if it doesn't knock...
• Re: Timing Question
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 15:56:10 -0400
  ...Timing Question > You just have to raise the rpms to around 3000 and then take your timing > light and using the advance knob, turn...
• timing does not advance
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 23:08:49 -0600
  ...However, as I understand his instructions, above 3000 RPM, the timing should reach a total advance of 40 degrees. On my engine the timing...
• Re: Overall Timing Advance, Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:13:22 -0500
  ...Overall Timing Advance, Air Cooled Hello, I have been playing around with the timing on my van trying to balance between power and cool...
• MAX spark adv. for 2.1 L engine
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 05:19:09 -0700
  Does anyone know what the Maximum spark advance is for a 2.1 liter vanagon engine (for example, at highway speeds)? I am trying...
• Re: Centrifugal Advance problems
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:01:49 -0700
  ...Centrifugal Advance problems >I have an 81 air cooled vanagon (non Californian). > The vacuum advance works fine. The problem is that I > am not...
• Centrifugal Advance problems
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:14:24 -0700
  ...The vacuum advance works fine. The problem is that I am not getting any centrifugal advance. I verified this by shinning the timing light...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:29:59 -0700
  ...too advanced base timing causes hard starter cranking, you don't want it that advanced initially. 10 degrees btdc is 'about right.' 20 btdc...
• Timing marks 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 2 May 2001 09:20:58 -0700
  ...However, what I can't figure out is which way the mark will move (when using a timing light) to be advanced or retarded...
• vacuum tee behind throttle on 1.9L engine (1984)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:54:39 -0400
  ...Does leg with restriction go to distributor vacuum advance or does it go to emission control system? Restriction was on side going to vacuum...
• Re: Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:18:53 -0700
  ...there's no centrifugal advance, no vacuum advance or retard, etc. I'm sure they can get worn and have excessive shaft side play...
• VW-'71 BUS-1600 DP-DISTRIBUTOR ADVANCE CURVES-QUESTION
  Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
  Mon, 02 Oct 95 11:07:27 PDT
  ...The manual figures for most of the centrifugal distributors show **about** 9 to 14 degrees advance at 1600 and 21 to degrees advance at...
• Replacing the vacuum advance unit
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:28:33 -0400
  How hard is it to replace the vacuum advance in a distributer unit for a 1.9? I have an appt scheduled to do...
• WTB: diesel Vanagon pump advance cable
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:25:31 -0700
  I need to locate a good advance cable and knob from a diesel Vanagon...I pre-sold the one from my van to a...
• RE: loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Specifically, the centrifugal-advance mechanism. Most (Type-1) distributors had two advance mechanisms operating together: a vacuum advance that retarded the spark when you...
• aircooled dizzy / high idle,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:50:59 -0400
  ...It does have a mechanical advance distributors not the correct vacuum advance is this just how these mechanical advance ones work? Or am I...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:19:20 -0700
  ...If you're really timing BTDC then you're too far advanced. This if for Hall effect distributor. Don't know about points. On...
• Re: vacuum advance/retard control unit
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:33:51 EDT
  Bradel; I had to disassemble the distributor on our 85 and clean/lubricate the advance mechanism. Did you know it is required maintenance to...
• Manassas
  Historical mailing list - Seamus Padraic Ragan
  Tue, 19 May 1998 13:53:09 -0400
  Apologies in advance for the empty note I just sent. Anyway, I am trying to find out when, where, etc about the Manassas bugout...
• I also lost the Free CARFAX link
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:19:30 -0500
  ...I must have deleting on >accident. >Thanks in advance, >Brett Baer >'87 Syncro Westy Nevermind, I just had the amazing idea of checking the...
• Re: Need timing advice (upright aircooled)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:24:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I once had an 009 that only advanced 12 degrees or so-- maybe a piece of grit caught in the advance mechanism? Had to...
• Re: Digijet timing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:33:16 EDT
  ...Check the maximum advance too. This should be about 30 degrees BTC or perhaps a little more (vacuum advance disconnected). Maybe another listee has...
• Re: What octane fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 19:35:39 -0400
  ...High octane fuel only makes a difference in the 10 or 10.5:1 compression engines out there that can advance/retard timing dynamically...
• Re: Timing Light Recomendation. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:51:05 -0600
  ...The advance wheel is handy for checking the advance mechanism on the Digi-Jet engines." > > Dennis Me too. great light/tool. so easy to...
• Overall Timing Advance, Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:30:09 -0600
  ...I am curious if there is a consensus on what the best overall advance is for an air cooled 2.0 engine. If I...
• Re: timing does not advance
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:25:01 -0400
  ...Timing now advances as it should. >Thanks for your help. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >Sent...
• Front Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 19:45:28 -0400
  ...I can borrow one of these from Advance Auto Parts: https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/powerbuilt-tools-strut-spring-compressor-kit-2-piece-648627...
• WANTED: Vanagon Syncro 7-passenger (hard-top). . .
  Historical mailing list - Drew Lipner
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:56:57 -0400
  Hello, Everyone-- My apologies in advance for the open email to the group. We're looking for a clean/ straight Vanagon Syncro GL (i...
• Re: Subtle hesitation- driving me crazy...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:15:58 -0400
  ...Could this be the cause? Wouldn't non-functioning vacuum >advances and/or retards cause this problem? Is there a way to test these...
• Re: esoteric question about 1.9 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:36:41 -0400
  Simply disconnecting the vacuum retard will leave the base setting more advanced. With the timing more advanced at idle you will reduce the air...
• Re: timing does not advance
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:34:56 -0600
  ...timing does not advance > By unplugging the temp. sensor II you cause the computer > to not adjust the timing. ITs sounds to me as...
• 16 by 8 inch wheels for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 17 May 2001 20:58:29 -0500
  ...Malibu Tony 85' westy 6 degrees BTDC.....42 degrees full advance.....vacuum lines connected
• Distributor Vacuum Advance Checking
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:59:15 -0700
  Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows about checking the distributor's vacuum advance pump. Are they supposed to leak? When I hook...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2007 08:24:01 -0400
  Are you sure the vacuum advance/retard is working properly? The design is to reduce timing advance under part throttle operation and full advance...
• Re: RnR - Air and Vacuum/Coolant - Van Runs Terrible
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:56:23 -0400
  ...Doesn't matter as far as total advance measurement goes, you still start with the U-notch and make a mark 2" clockwise from...
• Re: [T2] AFC injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 21:08:39 -0400
  There is the math right there......24.5 centrifugal and 11 vacuum = 35 degrees advance..so 40 is 2 degrees under max.............. 40 total...
• Re: 009 Distributor in Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:45:27 -0400
  VW Trends did a three part article this summer on everything about distributors going over the entire gamut of ways vacuum and mechanical advance...
• Re: Digijet timing
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:59:55 -0400
  Steve is right! What your really looking for is "full" advance setting. On my 84, the second vacuum line retards the spark to lower...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:36:08 -0400
  ...What's making it overheat, if not the advance and/or low compression? Sean Bartnik Johnson City, Tennessee '81 Vanagon L Westfalia
• Re: VANAGON digest 985
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 14:28:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Also, the big problem that I had was with the vacuum advance unit. My bus has a weird two directional vacuum advance/retard mechanism...
• Wanted: timing advance cable for diesel vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:16:47 -0400
  I am looking for the timing advance cable for my diesel. Now that it's getting cold around here in the mornings, I am...
• Re: Timing theory
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:28:09 -0400
  ...This timing info may be modified by centrifugal advance and vacuum advance/retard, and in the case of points+condenser it also generates the...
• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:48:29 -0700
  ...Searching the archives > One way to do it is to go to Google's advanced search page, eg: > > http://www.google.com/advanced_search...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:56:04 -0500
  as i said, max advance = 40 - 50 deg BTDC: (initial + maximum centrifugal + maximum vacuum) advances = (5 + 25 + 16) = 46 deg BTDC (assuming initial advance...
• Re: Ping/Knock/Detonation
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:35:18 -0800
  ...Bad springs can make real havoc with the idle settings as anything above 900 rpm will cause the timing to advance, further increasing the...
• Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:50:20 -0800
  ...remember, >as engine surges centrifical and vacuum advance come into play, so >significant part of timing jitter with stabilizer back in circuit may not...
• Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:33:01 -0700
  A timing light on my 2.1L WBX yesterday shows that the distributor advance may not be working quite right, not as much full...
• Bosch distributor #
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 09:13:18 -0800
  ...Can someone give me the Bosch number of the vacuum advance type distributor. A friend can order the part wholesale but doesn't know...
• Re: '86 GL tuning advise
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 12:33:29 -0400
  ...with it advanced to > what appears to be 40-45 degrees advanced the van runs incredibly strong and > cool with no audible knock. In...
• Re: Timing lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 09:25:17 CST6CDT
  ...the advance type light is useful for checking how the distributor advances the timing with rpm. it isn't essential but gives one more...
• Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:50:06 -0400
  ...There is: > > * Static setting (just the twist of the distributor - > sets the baseline for centrifugal and vacuum) > * Centrifugal advance (rpm based advance... seems to...
• Where can I get one? (was Hookup for vacuum advance)
  Historical mailing list - johnny89
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:49:01 -0300
  ...I want to trade out for the >vacuum advanced distributor that was intended for the '71/34pict setup. >Can someone please inform me regarding...
• 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...
• Too much timing advance
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 23:12:33 -0400
  ...So what is the cause and the solution? Replace weak centrifugal advance springs/weights/mechanism? Replace/rebuild distributor? Or??? By the way, many thanks...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 23 May 2007 19:32:52 -0400
  ...If I were to advance the timing at all I "Might" go to 0 >(TDC) but I wouldn't advance a 1.9 more...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:07:57 -0400
  ...If you're really > timing BTDC then you're too far advanced. This if for Hall effect > distributor. Don't know about points. Tom...
• 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: Distributor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:53:57 -0400
  At 02:33 PM 4/16/2010, Loren Busch wrote: >A timing light on my 2.1L WBX yesterday shows that the distributor advance...
• Re: RnR - Air and Vacuum/Coolant - Van Runs Terrible
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:25:39 -0700
  ...Making a mark on the pulley 2” clockwise from the U notch is an approximate 35 degrees advanced mark, which the notch should hit...
• Timing on 1600DP
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 11:20:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I have it set at 28 degrees total advance at 3,000 rpm. I am at 1,100 feet or so. In all those...