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• Re: 2.1 distributor drive gear installation question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:59:06 -0700
  ...With #1 piston at TDC the distributor rotor will point to an opposite direction rather than the mark on the distributor. Just pull the...
• Re: what is this wire...?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:03:57 -0500
  ...http://www.ratwell.com/technical/TDCMarker.html
• Re: 3 prong connector on alternator
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:25:42 -0500
  ...Most people find TDC once and mark it on the fan/shroud and the TDC sensor isn't required. It is nice to have...
• Re: Manual Tranny R&R - mysterious part
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:01:22 -0400
  ...IF I had it right, the Bentley calls this a TDC >Sender. It obviously was in bad shape and in need of repair. But...
• HELP!! Need Diagnosis (not VW specific)
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:10:55 -0400
  ...Should've started engine with or without injectors firing. *TDC sensor in Dist. lines up with crankshaft TDC. *Checked timing belt, not broken or...
• Re: Engine retardation (way too long)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:19:54 -0700
  I mentioned in a previous post that I've been running 0 TDC on my 84 Westy for 10 years now without ill effects...
• Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:20:50 -0800
  ...I made sure the distributor drive gear is installed correctly as per Bentley, double-checked TDC according to valves and piston. Made sure rotor...
• Re: TDC Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Danny Fuller
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 09:07:05 -0800
  My '90 has one, but I accidentally pulled it out when rebuilding my engine. As far as I can tell, it is only used...
• Re: Audi 5000 turbo motor/ WB transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:20:13 -0800
  ...There is one potential problem and that is most Audi turbo engines require that Audi turbo flywheel so the TDC sensor will work. Does...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:55:42 -0800
  ...When the crankshaft was at TDC for cylinder #1, the distributor drive shaft was pointing at the wrong stud (about 45 degrees clockwise of...
• Boston engine service Bulletin #1
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:36:28 -0500
  ...The timing notch for the 1.9 engine is 5 degrees after TDC. The timing notch for the 2.1 engine is 5 before...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:44:33 -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: first try = first run
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:07:43 -0400
  ...Maybe the distributor gear is not align? The basic of TDC http://www.benplace.com/tdc.htm Ben On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18...
• Re: 1.9ltr Vanagon timing help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:34:09 -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: WAS Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 2 May 2000 02:21:41 +0200
  ...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: Timing lights
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 15:40:56 -0500
  ...On a Solex equipped 1600DP, 009, etc, 10degrees before TDC is the right starting place. I don't know about Weber progressives. Richard Kurtz...
• replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:05:19 -0800
  ...The notch in the back pulley indicates TDC for two of the cylinder. If you put a piece of tape on the back side...
• Timing the watercooled?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:16:47 +0000
  ...108-109), and set it 5 degrees after TDC, 7.5mm to the left of TDC mark(Bentley pg. 13.33)? Take it to...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:58:34 -0700
  ...I can't get a .006 feeler gauge in there > at TDC. For all the other cylinders and the intake on #1 when you...
• Re: Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:31:59 -0800
  ...it is flush with the > rocker arm, then turn engine to TDC on #1 and start from there. > > > > If I back out the screws...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:37:38 -0700
  ...it triggers a lamp every time the engine > passes TDC. An "engine running" indicator? -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl...
• Re: Timing Specs
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 19:34:18 -0800 (PST)
  > it was running at 24 degrees VOT TDC(I am going to assume that VOT is > before in german, and NATCH is after, if...
• funky horn issues
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:13:02 -0800
  good snowy morning folks- I have a funny horn issues, in that it only works when i turn the wheel- TDC is dead spot...
• timing a 82 Vanagon without timing scale
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:00:29 -0500
  ...the scale and there is nothing on the fan pulley indicating TDC. I have heard that I can get the scales at busdepot or...
• 83 Diesel Vanagon timing update.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:06:40 -0400
  ...I checked and confirmed that the timing mark for TDC on the clutch pressure plate was indeed correct by removing an injector and feeling...
• Oil Pressure Guage, Kohl-Weiss, TDC sender
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Sep 1994 14:19:38 -0700 (PDT)
  ...What is the TDC sender for? I've never seen it connected in any wiring diagram, but it sure looks nice. Might it be...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
  ...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: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 23 May 2007 17:08:20 -0700
  ...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: cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:48:59 -0500
  ...t > find it in Bentley. > > If I turn the crankshaft to TDC how can I recognize if next stroke is > inlet or expansion? On...
• Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:17:51 -0500
  ...Maybe the distributor gear is not align? > > The basic of TDC > http://www.benplace.com/tdc.htm > > Ben > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:39:59 -0700
  ...Got engine aligned at TDC mark on flywheel. Oddly neither the bar on the crankshaft, not the injection pump locking pin would go in...
• Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:01:17 -0500
  ...When #2 is at TDC, the valves on cylinder #1 have started doing their thing. During the 4-stroke cycle you have many times...
• 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...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem - no problem!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 7 May 2001 20:37:52 EDT
  ...manual)! It is just as important to know the location of TDC in the diesel application as for any gas engine. Now the following...
• Re: timing method - Is this correct ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:24:54 -0700
  ...this sounds like i am still out a bit ? --- Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Setting the ignition timing to TDC is close enough...
• Re: Are ratio rockers really worth it
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:28:11 -0500
  ...likes the extra timing It was at tdc and is now at 5 or 6 before tdc. I will be posting the results on...
• more power by performance tuning for the 1.9 liter wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:57:38 -0600
  To get the most out of your water cooled 1.9 liter motor, try changing the ignition timing to 8 degrees before tdc or...
• Digijet timing ATDC or BTDC? compare air cooled AFM
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:45:03 -0300
  ...BTW, there was discussion about the pulley not having a TDC mark. SEE Bently 28.33. The TDC mark id not a sharp V...
• Re: ticking sound from engine
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:02:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Using a ring wrench on the main crankshaft pulley and peeking at your distributor for guidence, roll the motor to TDC #1 and check...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 18:05:16 -0300
  ...it triggers a lamp every time the engine > passes TDC. An "engine running" indicator? > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend...
• Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:13:49 -0400
  ...1-4-3-2 Once you determine that #1 is at TDC ... then you can rotate counter clockwise to #2 ... then counter clockwise to...
• Re: Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:49:44 -0800
  ...I made sure the distributor drive gear is > installed > correctly as per Bentley, double-checked TDC according to valves and > piston. > Made sure rotor...
• Re: Rotor Position?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:22:06 -0700
  ...I wonder if it's exactly on TDC for # 1 ....you didn't mention where the crank pulley notches are. Scott www.turbovans.com...
• timing these beasts
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:20:43 -0400
  ...but mine >is a DH so does anyone know the timing is 5 before or after TDC?thanks >agin.
• adjusting valves? top dead center
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 96 17:27:44 EDT
  ...so how do i find tdc? stupid question i know...but i need to know how to do this...and i'm assuming that...
• Hall sender/advance ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 20 May 2001 10:36:54 -0500
  ...5 dgrees before TDC at idle, but how quickly does it get to full advance and what is the final max. advance number? Also...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:07:01 -0700
  ...That's the advantage of a timing light that you dial in the advance you want and then the strobe illuminates the TDC mark...
• Re: Help Timing Diesel after replacing head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 06:42:14 +0000
  ...This is the hole which Bentley describes for locking the pump at TDC. Find something as close in diameter (I use a 3/8...
• Re: Bummed and need advise about my 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 10:50:25 EDT
  ...Put motor at TDC. Remove your ignition cap and note that the rotor should be pointing at a notch in the distributor body. Remove...
• Re: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:01:07 -0800
  Whoop...sorry, I had yet another mental lapse and forgot we were talking about the diesel and the injector pump being where the alternator...
• Re: 1.9ltr vanagon timing help needed.
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:47:47 -0400
  ...You say that the V notch is the timing mark and that the U mark is the TDC. My pulley has the V notch...
• Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:43:18 -0700
  ...Assuming the engine turns to the right, mark the crank pulley that distance to the left of the TDC mark. Now time using basic...
• Finding TDC on a 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 10:31:30 -0000
  Hi All, The timing mark(s) on my flywheel pulley have long since rusted away. I still have the timing point on the pulley...
• Re: Timing '91
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:22:45 -0500
  ...The one on the next rib out is at TDC. d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful...
• Rotor Position?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:24:19 +0000
  Hi All, I started to adjust the hyd valves, #1 cyl is on TDC ( pass side, front ) on compression stroke. But, the Rotor is...
• Re: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:14:13 CDT
  ...2000 rpm) >which notch gives the required 5 degree ahead of TDC? In other words >which notch is which if either? Bentley says the...
• Re: Finding TDC (dumb question?)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:52:11 -0600
  >I'm led to believe that you are new to the 81 You are correct, sir. And thanks a ton for all the tips...
• Re: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:55:57 -0500
  ...plug and inserting a piece of wire in order to > determine > TDC. > > I am inclined to just pop off both valve covers, pop off...
• Re: 85 wbx 1.9 miss at idle
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:13:48 -0800
  ...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: AGAIN:Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 2 May 2000 12:10:34 -0700
  ...From below I can assume that I throw my case together > and then set up TDC and insert my distributor shaft? When I pulled...