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• Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:20:42 -0700
  ...Take some paint and high-light the TDC mark and a point directly opposite it on the crank pulley too. Good luck, TJ Hannink...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:04:24 -0700
  ...can tell TDC by >looking for both valves being closed, meaning that when I look at the rocker >arms at TDC there should be...
• Re: WAS Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:53:04 -0700
  ...It is quite obvious where the TDC >for cyl #1 is, when you are holding the crank in your hands! just hold the crank...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:08:25 -0700
  ...After popping off the distributor cap, I used the rotor position and the tdc notch in the crankshaft pulley to locate tdc for the...
• PLEASE HELP!!!.... TIMING ISSUES ON NEW ENGINE
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:49:03 -0400
  ...i can spin the pulley around once more and the TDC mark on the pulley is lined up with the case again.. but the...
• Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:28:36 -0500
  Bentley says to back out the adjusting screw until it is flush with the rocker arm, then turn engine to TDC on #1 and...
• Top Dead Center sensor
  Historical mailing list - Craig Jones
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:26:22 -0800
  Upon breaking down my '81' engine on my newly purchased van, I discovered the TDC sensor to be not connected. Why? Did some leave...
• FW: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - The Southards
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:39:54 -0500
  ...This is TDC for either cylinder 1 or 3. You must look at the valves to determine which cylinder is at TDC (both cam...
• Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:57:21 -0700
  ...Aircooled 82 vanagon, gasoline, california, o2 unplugged, idle stabilizer plugged together, carbon canister removed and plugged Electronic ignition, Hall generator 5 AFTER TDC Timing...
• Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:46:19 -0400
  ...1) mechanically determine firing-stroke TDC on #1 cylinder, using a probe into the plug-hole. For check, the mark on the crank pulley...
• Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:59:50 -0400
  ...2000 rpm) which notch gives the required 5 degree ahead of TDC? In other words which notch is which if either? Larry '86 Syncro...
• Re: 2.1 distributor drive gear installation question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:07:31 -0500
  ...IMO, the Bentley should read "insert the drive gear so that with the #1 piston TDC, the rotor points to the mark on the...
• Re: timing method - Is this correct ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:38:39 -0700
  Setting the ignition timing to TDC is close enough to start. You sure you have the wires hooked up correctly? --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon...
• Re: Need Advice - New Motor in '76 Won't Run
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 8 Jun 1996 14:48:24 -0500
  ...If this doesn't work, suspect your measurement of TDC. Don't trust >the mark on the fan. You should be able to tell...
• Re: 1.9ltr vanagon timing help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:09:39 -0400
  On the 1.9l engines they wanted you to set the timing to 5 degrees after TDC for some reason. However I have found...
• Re: TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:10:50 -0600
  ...Just get a timing light with an advance dial, set it at 6 degrees and rotate the distributor until TDC mark ( shallow groove) is...
• Re: leaking Head test....opinions needed
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:26:33 -0400
  Kevin; At TDC the valves are closed, otherwise you will never pressurize the cylinder. I had to make sure it was in gear and...
• Re: 1.9ltr vanagon timing help needed.
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:15:34 -0400
  ...So you want to set them to between 5 and 7 Before TDC like > the 2.1l Vanagons. On those engines the V mark...
• Re: 81 Westy engine - does anyone know what this sensor is or does?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:35:48 -0500
  ...I think it's a TDC sensor used with obsolete VW shop diagnosis equipment. in the '70s VW advertised that their cars were equipped...
• Re: PLEASE HELP!!!.... TIMING ISSUES ON NEW ENGINE
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:59:21 -0500
  #1) Roll #1 Piston in top position of TDC. Both Valves Closed. #2) Pull the distributor gear and reset it so the Notch in...
• Re: The coninuing distributer saga - LOOONG
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 May 2010 12:47:08 -0700
  ...Mark B Feddish wrote: >>> First, Page 28.33 Bentley VV85: "- set crankshaft to TDC on No. 1 > cylinder - insert drive shaft so that off...
• ?s about timing, heat exch, etc....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:29:32 -0700
  ...Is there an easier way than finding TDC on the motor and marking the fan? there are some marks on the outer ring of...
• Re: Zetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:07:41 -0800
  ...I wish I had the guts to offer my Dehler Syncro 16" as your Swedish TDCi Ginny-pig van. But then I might have...
• Re: wire from alternator to front of case 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:00:31 -0400
  ...That wire is the TDC sensor next to the flywheel. They are difficult to get out without actually hammering them out from the other...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:40:56 -0800
  ...When I found the little (unpainted) nick for TDC, I found I had > set it up at 9 degrees after TDC. Using an ohmmeter...
• Re: Valve adjust after head job
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:52:06 -0400
  ...The lifters seem firm, pushrods are straight. >> >> Now what? >> >> Set to tdc #1 and adjust valves in just until contacting? Then turn main pulley...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:44:21 -0400
  ...The sender pulls it to ground at TDC +/- basic timing setting. You're just pretending to be a Hall sender. d On Sun, Mar...
• Simple Timing Question on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Mon, 17 May 2004 20:12:38 EDT
  Hi Folks, What is the timing difference between the v-notch ignition timing mark and the u-notch TDC mark? Is it 5 deg...
• AGAIN:Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 2 May 2000 10:07:17 MST
  ...From below I can assume that I throw my case together and then set up TDC and insert my distributor shaft? When I pulled...
• cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Ivicz_vanagon
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:54:46 +0100
  ...If I turn the crankshaft to TDC how can I recognize if next stroke is inlet or expansion? On I4 engine it's very...
• Re: 93.4% of the way there
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:13:07 -0800
  Jason, Pistons in 4-cycle engines reach TDC on two strokes: compression and exhaust. Assuming the distributor drive was installed correctly by Boston Engine...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:26:02 -0500
  ...After popping off the distributor cap, I used the rotor > position and the tdc notch in the crankshaft pulley to locate tdc for the...
• Re: 85 wbx 1.9 miss at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:54:52 -0500
  ...My '85 failed at TDC, passed easily at 5ATDC. It does run better advanced, but the idle control isn't as good--after all...
• Re: 2.1wbx into 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:00:20 +0000
  ...little extra zip in the 2.1 I time it to TDC and drive all day long at 70 MPH I'll swear to...
• Re: Zetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:43:01 -0500
  ...I wish I had the guts to offer my Dehler Syncro 16" as your Swedish > TDCi Ginny-pig van. But then I might have...
• Fw: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:11:23 -0500
  ...The "v" notch is 5% BTDC and the "u" notch is TDC. I measured the > pulley, calculated the 5% offset from "u" notch and...
• need advice on timing marks & dwell meter
  Historical mailing list
  17 Sep 1995 20:32:21 GMT
  ...So how then does one locate TDC? Please correct me if I'9ve got it wrong, but rather then use the split in the...
• Re: 83 wasserboxer - valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:23:25 +0100
  ...At TDC, tighten the screw, then loosen it until it is barely off the valve stem, then turn it back until it just touches...
• Re: The hottest engine swap going?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 17 May 2007 18:42:48 -0400
  Do you mean the zetec and the TDCi? They aren't, that sounds like the old GM v8 gas to diesel conversion... bad bad...
• 82 DIESEL FLYWHEEL
  Historical mailing list - James Foust
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:56:38 -0500
  ...My engine isn't on tdc when I align the flywheel and bell housing marks. If so, how do I know the correct position...
• Valve adjust after head job
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 15:17:10 -0400
  ...Now what? Set to tdc #1 and adjust valves in just until contacting? Then turn main pulley 90* and repeat I cylinder 4? What...
• Re: No, not the silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:58:25 -0400
  ...http://www.ratwell.com/technical/TDCMarker.html
• Re: Tuning Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Apr 1994 16:39:01 EDT
  ...Between the stop points is TDC! Once I figure out where TDC is, I should be able to tune my engine alot better in...
• Re: WAS Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:23:14 -0700
  ...It is quite obvious where the > TDC > >for cyl #1 is, when you are holding the crank in your hands! just hold the > crank...
• Timing tips for Idiots
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:43:44 -0600
  ...Bentley simply said get the engine to TDC and then put the distributor in, as if any vaguely trained monkey could find TDC. Muir...
• Re: Diesel injection pump setting
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:33:53 -0800
  ...writes: > > << (86 degrees according to the > manual). >> > the pump is not set this way..it's set by pump plunger stroke vs. TDC > > steve
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Nov 2006 (#2006-949)
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:37:04 -0700
  ...wheel off. > (oh, make sure your front wheels are straight and u mark TDC otherwise > when > you remount strg wheel it'll be crooked) >
• Re: timing a 82 Vanagon without timing scale
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:11:30 -0600
  ...If you can find #1 TDC it will be at 11 )O:clock. on the fan rim or 180 off. Mark it with liquid...
• Engine retardation (way too long)
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:02:13 -0400
  ...OK, that means we can run our waterboxers at TDC, 5 BTDC, or even more, to good effect, except for the minor environmental probs...
• Re: Question about Honda Timing belt (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 31 May 2001 10:16:34 EDT
  ...OHC) >> Ken, Take off the belt, put one of the cylinders on TDC, then roll the cam. That will tell you right away. Rich
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:01:58 -0500
  ...Basically you should have the piston at TDC(top dead center) on the compression stroke to adjust that cylinders lifters. As you know there...
• Measuring deck height
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:06:38 -0800
  ...I've used a dial gauge to get the piston to TDC, then used a straightedge and feeler gauges to determine deck height. I...
• Dist Driveshaft Installation ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:26:26 -0800 (PST)
  If your engine is at TDC, and ... if you install your distributor driveshaft 180 degrees out, can you simply change the placement of your...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:49:56 -0700
  ...when you see that, # 1 is up on TDC to fire , and you should see the TDC mark on the crank pulley line up...
• Re: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:03:52 -0500
  Eric, after 20 years in the engine world, i know what a TDC is!!!! This is a camshaft incorrectly indexed to crankshaft problem, not...
• Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:46:45 -0500
  ...when the TDC mark on the pulley is lined up with the crankcase. Is this true? Remember that the crankshaft rotates twice for all...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 10:20:02 CST
  ...rolling the bus until we think they >are pretty close to TDC, and doing the feeler gauge thing. uhhhhhhhh ... how come you're adjusting...
• Re: Timing the watercooled?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 23:05:05 -0500
  ...108-109), and set it 5 degrees after TDC, 7.5mm to the >left of TDC mark(Bentley pg. 13.33)? If you have...
• Re: timing the 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:02:46 -0800
  ...Generally, if the 1.9 distributor is "tired" with it's mechanical advance, moving from the stock 5 degrees AFTER TDC to 0 TDC...
• Re: 1.9L timing help
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 7 May 2001 15:22:03 -0400
  ...5 BTDC is the same distance to the left of the TDC as the notch is to the right. Clear as mud. Chuck Mathis...