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advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:03:07 -0700
Hello list, I am trying to understand the various mechanisms that control the timing on the early digijet. There is: * Static setting (just the...
Re: Hot engine
Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:53:23 -0500
...Assuming your cooling flaps are fully > open when the engine is warmed up, you might verify that your ignition > timing is correct. If not...
looking for info. timing 1.9
Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:59:15 -0700
Hello Anyone know any good sites on setting up the timing on a 1.9 ? .. 84, vanagon ===== Dave Vieira Hamilton, Ontario Canada __________________________________ Do you...
Re: Haunted 84 adventurewagon
Historical mailing list
Mon, 28 Oct 1996 23:01:56 PST
TWIMC; You need three things to go; fuel, fire and timing. When I had a similar problem I armed my self with a 10mm...
Re: Fridae Question about ignition timing..
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:38:20 -0700
...Question about ignition timing.. | | Thanks for the reply. | | I recall now that I used to 'retard' the timing on my vehicles when I |went...
Idle and Timing
Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
11 Jan 95 21:53:21 EST
...temp, O2 etc, and adjusted the timing with a timing light. The van seems to run better when the distributor is turned counter clockwise...
Re: Timing info....
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:29:08 -0500
At 05:47 PM 11/26/2003, All of Us wrote: >the timing very criptic and hard to understand. I believe it is written...
Re: Timing/Distributer question
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:44:47 -0400
Bryan, Yes you want your timing to be around 10 degrees advanced (before top dead center) for good power. The 1.9l engines were...
Re: compression & advance
Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:25:18 -0400
> > I think the timing is 5� ATDC. The timing spec for the '81 non-California model is 7.5* BTDC. Haynes says so and...
Re: head gaskets, my turn
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:31:19 -0400
...Last time I looked neither of my vans had a timing belt. > One question I was asked at the shop is 'has the timing...
Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
Historical mailing list - James Felder
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:18:06 -0500
...Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel > engines > > > Finally got to put some time into the TD injection pump seal...
Timing
Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:20:34 -0500
I've looked over the archives, but have to admit that I am confused at times by some of the recommendations regarding timing for...
Re: timing settings...
Historical mailing list
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:24:41 -0800
...Though I just realized my timing instructions were for the digifant engine. Looking at the Bentley for the digijet, you are correct - the idle...
Re: 5 clyinder Audi 5000 Turbo to Vanagon engine swap........ MIS-
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 09:33:42 -0800
...The gasoline turbo Audi 5000 cars sold in North America starting with the 1984 model year all do have the extra flywheel timing sensors...
Re: Fw: Distributor Drive Gear on 2000cc aircolled motor
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:12:36 -0700
...off, which will still allow for correct timing by merely repositioning the distributor leads. Since you say that your dynamic timing appears to be...
Cooling Fan/Timing Marks ?--82Westy
Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:03:11 -0700
...on top of missing nearly every other part, my 82 Westy was missing the timing scale. So I replace, then notice that there appear...
85 gl timing?
Historical mailing list - Ken Sid
Sat, 28 May 2005 14:45:37 -0700
Can anyone tell me what to set the timing at on my 85 1.9 Ken Sidorchuk Vancouver, BC Canada. 85 Vanagon GL - Goldie...
Success + Timing question.
Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:39:40 -0600
...2- How can I measure exactly how many degrees I have set the timing. I do have a timing light with a dial on...
diesel injection pump timing
Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:57:49 -0400
...Diesel Vanagon Timing Advice I love the waterboxer engine. No timing belt. On the diesel VWs it is a different story. I have all...
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: Digijet timing
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:59:55 -0400
...Digijet timing > HI all, On the question of ignition timing I would urge you to use > caution when advancing the timing past specs. > When...
82 Diesel Timing Belt
Historical mailing list - Steve
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:25:57 -0800
...Time to change my timing belt on my 82 diesel.� I've got the Bentley but I need more detail.� Should I go with...
Timing a 2.1
Historical mailing list - Larry L. Meyer
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:39:23 -0500
Friends---- Where do you set the "timing" on a 2.1 engine? It doesn't list it in my owner's manual, and I...
Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:29:35 -0500
...Bad Idle Stabilizer? I finally bought a digital timing light. Followed the Bentley procedure (more or less): 1. Disconnected the idle stabilizer and plugged...
Re: Hall effect sender question and stuttering
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:23:41 EDT
...It fired immediately and when the timing was checked, It was in perfect time. Although I would check it after, to make sure... Robert
Re: Timing light connections
Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:24:53 -0500
...Timing light connections At the risk of sounding like a simpleton would someone please let me know where to get the 12V connection for...
Re: Timing Belt, Tools and etc.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:51:10 EST
...All these timing pieces new will set you back around $100 or maybe a little more. Add to that the price of the timing...
Re: Timing Mark
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:27:03 -0700
I recall having trouble seeing the timing mark. When I found it, I put a white paint dot on it. I did the same...
Re: Oil light flickering-Subaru cold start noises.
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:11:20 -0600
---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Bad timing belts on the Subies can often cause cold engine noises that sound > like piston slap. > BTDT...
VW-TIMING ON A '71 BUS
Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
Fri, 06 Jan 95 13:38:35 PST
...I've traditionally set the timing to 0 TDC using a timing strobe and all vacc. lines attached at 850 RPM and around 48...
Re: How Do you Set the Timing of the Engine?
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:36:40 -0400
...http://www.vanagonparts.com/ign_timing_df.html Cheers, Jeff On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Robert Stewart<robertmstewart@mac.com...
Timing for '82 vanagon
Historical mailing list - Herman Haustein
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 09:32:37 +0200
...the vanagon one, anyway I really need to know the correct timing for a Vanagon '82. Please write me directly. I would really appreciate...
Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:04:11 -0700
...Now time > using basic timing light, but matching the 5-degree mark to the case mark. > > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv...
Valve Adjustment-Help!
Historical mailing list - PhamA
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 08:55:02 -0700
...b) Statically set the timing: Bentley specs is 5degree ATDC. With the air cooled engine that has point and rotor, I used to align...
Digifant stock timing = poor performance?
Historical mailing list - John Haddad
Thu, 1 May 2003 20:18:59 -0400
I was feeling so virtuous after setting my Digifant 2.1 to the stock timing setting. I unhooked the TS2, and while throttling to...
Re: Timing belt - Subie engines
Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 20:49:37 -0700
...Timing belt - Subie engines > > > >Would appreciate any commentary regarding the timing belt > >issues on some of the Subaru engines currently being > >installed in the...
Ignition timing on '87 Syncro
Historical mailing list - Bob Gourley
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:04:08 -0700
Hi Guys! On page 28.42 in my bentley, there are instructions for ignition timing In the last paragraph for adjusting with timing light...
Advanced Timing Causing Starting Problems
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:01:47 -0400
I had the timing advanced on my '85 1.9l digijet to 5 BTDC (10 degrees advanced from stock) and experienced some starting problems...
Re: G60 in a Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Tue, 04 Jun 1996 19:36:52 -0500 (EST)
...one is to alter the cam timing, the other ways have to do with the desing of combustion chambers, ignition timing and mapping. Ric
Re: Distributor swap - 2.1L
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 5 Oct 2013 11:08:53 -0700
Leave the timing clamp tight on the distributor. Remove the 13mm headed nut that holds the clamp down to the block. Then pull the...
Re: Fridae Question about ignition timing..
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:22:25 -0700
...Question about ignition timing.. > | > | Thanks for the reply. > | > | I recall now that I used to 'retard' the timing on my vehicles when I > |went...
timing spec and tune up and Ed's being fixed
Historical mailing list - The Buslady
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:24:43 EDT
...Basically new plugs and new air filter and check the timing. What's the timing supposed to be at for 2.0L? And if...
Timing Questions
Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 10:16:34 -0600 (CST)
...I need to have my valves and carburator adjusted correctly before setting timing. Assumption # 2 1/2: I need to have my timing adjusted...
Re: 1.6 TD Motor...Timing help....
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:57:59 -0400
...I need to setup the timing. I have done this before > on a straight diesel in a rabbit, but not in a Vanagon. Here...
Re: timing belt inline 4
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Wed, 29 May 2002 21:18:44 -0700
...timing belt inline 4 Before I go on my summer trip to Newfoundland I want to replace the timing belt on my Eurospec conversion...
'85 Digijet Timing
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:20:43 -0400
I have set the timing to 2 or 3 degrees BTDC. (I had been running at TDC for several weeks.) The low end power...
Re: Emissions Testing, passed! (third time's a charm)
Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:25:19 -0600
>3> Set the timing properly. I had it slightly advanced to improve > performance How far do people recommend advancing the timing for additional power...
2.1 Ignition Timing, Advance beyond stock?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Hammerstrom
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:50:36 -0700
Has anyone tried advancing their timing beyond the stock setting? Did you get more power? I do this on my '71 Fiat and it...
Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:20:40 +1200
>I thought everybody knew that timing chains were only standard on the >carbureted engines. Yes, of course. Only DOHC injected engines in Vanagons used...
Re: Timing Belt, Tools and etc.
Historical mailing list - Matthew Sedoris
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 18:50:33 -0800
...They also have the injection pump timing pin #700611 $8 and the cam timing tool #700711 $24. Contact BugPack products at www.bugpack.com...
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...
'86 Westy timing conundrum
Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
Wed, 15 May 2002 14:10:00 -0500
...I've been running it most of those miles with the timing set by ear. The reason for this is that setting timing per...
Timing on rebuilt engine
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 20 May 1999 15:39:21 -0400
...Engine now wants ignition timing of somewhere around 20 degrees BTDC instead of the nominal 5 degrees ATDC. I have verified that crank-pulley...
Re: timing belt
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:17:44 -0400
What make you think you have a timing belt at all? What ever did, never take advice from this source, on anything. Eric 86...
Re: Valve Adjustment-Help! (and Digijet Timing)
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:02:14 -0700
...b) Statically set the timing: Bentley specs is 5degree ATDC. With the air cooled engine that has point and rotor, I used to align...
'81 air-cooled--Timing slipping and jumping around, now it won't start!
Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:07:47 -0500
...I reset the timing, which was way off, and all was fine, except the timing was jumping 1 degree plus or minus. This sequence...
Timing mark
Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
Wed, 20 Nov 96 01:46:59 UT
Which one of those notches on the pulleys is the one I use for my timing in my 83.5, the one on the...
diesel timing belt tool
Historical mailing list - James Foust
Fri, 7 Apr 2000 22:45:04 -0500
Does anyone know or can recommend the easiest way to obtain the tool that is needed for the timing belt tesioner/adjuster pulley? I...
Re: timing light
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:17:40 -0600
>>Where do you hook up a timing light in a vanagon? The 12V power lines. On the starter? There is a good 12V source...
Re: Timing Question
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:54:11 -0400
...Timing Question > John, double check your timing. Remember with an advance timing light you > set the gun at 6 degrees and then line up...