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• Timing info....
  Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:56:02 -0500
  Hey all, I have been following the setting the timing thread....and it perked my interest. I always thought the Bentley was a bid...
• Re: Sloppy timing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:58:19 -0500
  ...Sloppy timing? Setting the timing on my '80, it kind of bounces around a bit, a few degrees either way. I haven't had...
• Re: static timing help!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:38:44 -0400
  ...If I set the timing, then start it, and then re-check > it, the timing is off. > > What gives? I'm not sure but...
• 81 Vanagon Type 4 Motor Timing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:47:07 -0400
  I bought an air-cooled vanagon last year and decided to take a look at the points/dwell/timing situation while it was laid...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:43:41 -0800
  ...Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX > > >> As long as you swap the timing clamps along with the distributors you >> should...
• Re: timing these beasts
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:58:46 -0400
  ...timing these beasts >I was wonderin how you folks hook up a timing light in the enginebay. do >you need to run a jumper...
• Re: diesel injection pump timing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:56:29 -0400
  ...diesel injection pump timing Question: From: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> Subject: Diesel Vanagon Timing Advice I love the waterboxer engine. No timing belt...
• Re: head gaskets, my turn
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:33:39 -0400
  ...It's obvious to all of us with Vanagon-induced knuckle scars that there's no timing belt in there... but if you have...
• Re: Thanks guys, Now how do you set Idle Speed and Timing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:00:54 -0500
  ...Then set idle to around 900, keep on adjusting idle to ballpark while you set timing -- when timing is correct set the idle to...
• Re: More timing confusion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:48:14 -0400
  ...Test is function by disconnecting while the engine is idling and with the timing light you should see the timing advance and the idle...
• RE: 73 bus / timing question...The good old days
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Wed, 26 Jun 96 18:46:00 DST
  Back in the good old days, (so I've read) before timing lights, scopes and electronic gizmos, the method used to set timing was...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 May 2001 12:08:34 -0700
  Everyone looks for the hard way to do the timing! It is really quite simple. This is what I do: - On the pulley side...
• Re: [NVC] Passat Timing Belt Replacement
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 8 May 2009 19:19:01 -0400
  ...Re: [NVC] Passat Timing Belt Replacement The timing belt in my vanagon (1.8 liter inline four VW ) looks more like a garter belt...
• Re: Timing lights
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 09:25:17 CST6CDT
  > I was looking at timing lights last night and didn't know which one I > wanted. There are inductive type and advance type. The...
• Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 10:15:45 -0400
  What??? There is no timing chain in the WBX motor. The cam and crank are direct gear drive. You guys really need to start...
• Eurovan Timing Belt
  Historical mailing list - Ben McArthur
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:04:23 -0400
  ...My service manual says that timing belts should be changed at 60,000 miles for 16-valve engines. How does this relate to my...
• Re: Timing 2.1l WBX
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:23:20 -0500
  FYI DJ-code 112hp WBX has a factory timing spec of 10 BTDC at idle. The engine only differs from the MV motor by...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:06:44 -0800
  ...Worst thing would be too advanced timing for a long time. with a timing light you can tell where the timing is at idle...
• Timing scale on 1981
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:45:23 -0700
  I cannot read my timing scale very well, I can see a 0 mark and then numbers in both directions. In preparation fro swapping...
• Re: Timing how to.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:51:16 -0500
  ...Timing how to. > Can anyone point me to a good tool, timing light and instructions so I > can set my bus to > stop backfiring...
• Re: Ignition Timming procedure for 84 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 15:04:26 -0400
  At 11:45 7/9/99 -0700, cptnmeno wrote: >Where can I get the proper ignition timing method for an 84 >Vanagon? I can...
• Re: Major Hesitation and Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Sun, 09 Feb 1997 17:21:49 -0600
  Joe Wagner wrote: > > Does anyone know how to adjust the timing on an 85 Vanagon (Digijet). > I have the Bentley manual, but can't...
• Re: can't find timing marks
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:02:24 -0800
  ...can't find timing marks In trying to do a tune up on my 1984 Vanagon that is having terrible Vanagon Syndrome issues I...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - BillM
  Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:47:47 -0500
  ...I put in a new distributer and now want to check my timing. I lined up all the marks and it runs. I would...
• Re: setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:39:12 -0500
  ...setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon > Gary, > > I've got a '84 GL and I use a timing light and dwell...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:21:24 -0700
  Hmmmm, I change the timing belt in my westie at 60000mi intervals just like service program recommends, what's so odd about that? But...
• Re: Timing Light Recomendation. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:49:10 -0700
  I have a twenty year old non-chromed version of that tool that has done a good job of checking total timing on everything...
• Re: timing these beasts
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:15:31 -0700
  If you have an inductive timing light, find the spark plug wire to No. 1 cylinder, put the inductive pick-up lead (the clamp...
• Re: Timing
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 19 May 2004 10:26:28 -0500
  There isn't any reason for the timing to change drastically enough to stall the engine as it warms up. I suppose that you...
• Re: ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:52:10 -0500
  ...This box actively alters the timing signal from the distributer at low rpm...you can watch it working with your timing light. Don't...
• Setting time timing - unexpectedly need help.
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:34:09 -0500
  ...Thus it setting the timing correctly is a must DIY. I have done this many times before, but the usual is not working. Distributor...
• Re: Timing Belts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 07:54:31 -0800
  Gerry writes: > > There's no timing belt in MY vanagon. The horizontally opposed 4 VWs all > have pushrods. The deisel as I see in...
• Set Timing: Digijet w/ Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:46:05 -0800
  I have a Bently, but am a little unclear on the proper procedure for setting the timing on my 85 Westy (automatic), would appreciate...
• RE: #3 late timing.
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 08:22:15 -0700
  ...That is why the slightly different lobe on the distributor shaft changes the timing for that cylinder. The position of the rotor is not...
• Engine Timing
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 18:29:20 -0400
  All this talk about 6 degrees BTDC for engine timing. Is this something everyone should consider. I don't know how to do it...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:29:59 -0700
  ...but ...basically ...as much timing as she'll take and still not ping. pay attention to timing curve of course ... 'usually' timing curve is...
• can't find timing marks
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wyand
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:24:36 -0500
  ...I read on one site that there should be a plastic or metal (depending on year) gauge that showed where your timing is set...
• Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:17:15 -0700
  Unless of course, a PO converted the thing, in which case she may very well have a timing belt. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric...
• Re: setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:15:32 EST
  In addition to what has been posted about the proper procedure, I have found the only way to correctly set the timing on my...
• Re: 81 CA van, trouble setting the timing(automatic)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 May 2008 12:14:55 -0400
  The idle stabilizer on that engine works by advancing the ignition timing when the idle goes too low. It needs to be bypassed to...
• Re: Eurovan Timing Belt/Waterpump Seize
  Historical mailing list - Ken and Charlotte Miller
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 18:29:34 -0400
  ...I'd be surprized to have a pump seize out of the blue and ta= ke the timing belt with it. On my EV...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:53:40 -0800
  The knock sensor ignitions will adjust the timing to a maximum point and that's all. Say for example using 87 octane fuel at...
• Re: Muir static timing method
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:19:36 -0800
  OK go to http://briefcase.yahoo.com/mwstebbins and click on the Muir VW Timing folder, there are several pages there. These are GIF...
• Re: It's time to hit that idle Stabilizer on the head!!! (was: ISCU Bench test)
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:41:51 +0200
  OK, no ISCU timing waveforms received here yet :-), but I found an interesting web page of one of our fellow list members, with ignition...
• Muir static timing method
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 00:01:36 -0600
  Okay Malcolm, I'm ready to try the Muir static timing thing. Pmail me with those pages as an attachment if you don't...
• Re: Induction Timing Light
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:28:56 -0600
  I have an induction timing light but without the advance. What do you use the advance for? Noel Cookson '88 GL -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Weird ignition timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:29:17 -0400
  ...on our '84 1.9 l i find that setting the timing to 12 deg btdc (idle stabilizer bypassed by connecting the two plugs...
• Re: Digifant stock timing = poor performance?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 2 May 2003 22:27:39 -0400
  Fellow vanagon types Setting the timing its done at an idle. line up the case seem with the notch on the pulley done. If...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:39:43 -0600
  ...For what purpose would it be unplugged if it runs crappy at idle when trying to set the timing with the light? I learn...
• Weird ignition timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:11:51 -0400
  ...I got the van started and timed it by ear before reaching for the timing gun. The van will barely run at 5 degrees...
• Re: Timing 2.1l WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:02:46 -0800
  ...Timing 2.1l WBX > Thanks Ken, > > I checked the timing, seemed a bit on the "retarded" side (that's to the > right when watching...
• Re: Timing belt change frequency?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 May 1997 09:16:52 +0200
  ...Vanagons >don't have fancy things like timing belts -- they have a gear-driven >single camshaft with pushrods -- like all boxer VW's since...
• Timing on 84GL
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:19:40 -0700
  ...One (U shaped) is for the TDC and the other (V) is for the timing. For the Digijet, it only shows the V timing...
• Re: setting the timing on my 1984 1.9 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dan Wallace
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:07:04 -0800
  Gary, I've got a '84 GL and I use a timing light and dwell/tach/voltmeter to set rpms and the timing per...
• Re: TIICo timing issues
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:39:35 -0700
  ...However, the timing checks out right at 6-7 degrees btdc at 1500 rpm. That's right on spec. Should I retard the timing...
• TIICO. Exhaust solved, now timing.
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 19:35:46 -0700
  ...Now I just need to get the timing done. Kyle gave me a couple pointers on that, but unfortunatley I've never set the...
• [Diesel] Timing Belt Rubbing Against Edge of Pulley...
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:10:49 -0500
  Volks, Popped the timing cover off last night to get a better view on the valve gasket cover (yup, it's leaking... :-) But anyway...
• Re: Lurch at 2900 Update...and help setting timing
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:48:54 -0400
  ...That is, setting the timing with the engine off! Very easy, I'm not a mechanic and I do it all the time. If...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:40:02 -0400
  While you have the idle stabilizer connected together, check your timing. I have found that timing that is off in the 1.9 can...
• 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...