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• Ignition Timing Setting??
  Historical mailing list - Jack Ck.
  Mon, 16 Jun 1997 22:36:36 -0700
  Does anyone know how to set the ignition timing on a 87 Vanagon and has a used Service Manual for sale?
• Vanagon Ignition Timing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 00:46:30 UT
  Working with my 87 & 91 Vanagons I've been surprised how sensitive they are to slight changes in ignition timing. After timing a replacement...
• 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...
• Advancing timing of WHAT?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 09:03:05 -0700
  ...OLD cars used to have an ignition timing lever on the steering column. > Hope this info helped I'm not sure... > Thought is our...
• 2.1 timing
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 08:30:51 -0400
  Does anyone on the list know the proceedure for checking the ignition timing on a 90 2.1 with a timing light? The Bentley...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:00:18 +0000
  ...the Digijet system used an ignition distributor with vacuum devices that moved components in the distributor to change the ignition timing. After that(86...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 16 May 2003 15:37:52 EDT
  Sorry, it is for 2.1L digifant system.1987 What sequence do I follow to set timing? Sidney in New Orleans
• Ignition timing adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 05:33:03 +0000
  The ignition timing mark on my '84 vanagon GL 1.9L will only make it to 10 or 11 o'clock when I try...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Gourley
  Tue, 2 May 2000 16:56:15 -0700
  Hi! I have an '87 Syncro with Digifant ignition. Could someone please tell me if the notch on the crankshaft pulley is at TDC...
• 85 Ignition Timing?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Mar 1997 09:25:13 -0600
  Can anyone please tell me what my timing should be set to? I don't think the dealer set it corectly. 85 vanagon panel...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 16 May 2003 15:36:53 EDT
  I have the Bentley but dont understand how to check my timing now that I have disturbed the distributor, archives are down. Sidney in...
• 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...
• Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:45:09 -0800
  ...Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant 1. Warm engine to normal operating temp. 2. Shut off engine. 3. Connect timing light. 4...
• 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...
• 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...
• IginitionTiming, 87' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jack Ck
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:12:40 -0700
  Isn't it true as far as ignition timing goes, hook up a vacuum meter/gauge to any main vacuum lines and turn the...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 6 May 2001 18:19:59 -0500
  ...In engines where the ignition timing is controlled by the ECU, it can advance the timing until it senses the pinging from ignition too...
• Re: Advice on Spare 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 May 2010 10:42:54 -0700
  ...If there is a comparable ignition timing circuit in a 2.1 it would be in the ecu. the Idle Control Unit ...the vale...
• Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 May 1999 21:17:24 -0400
  ...The Digifant is a modified Motronic system, while the Digijet is a stock L-Jetronic system which uses conventional vacuum and centrifugal ignition timing...
• The details of Motronic
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 00:58:31 -0400
  ...Motronic (long) Individual spark timing: The ECU controls spark timing and calculates this for each plug individually making for very precise ignition timing. Minor...
• Re: Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:57:05 -0800
  ...Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant 1. Warm engine to normal operating temp. 2. Shut off engine. 3. Connect timing light. 4...
• 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: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 May 2001 23:33:36 -0700
  ...In engines where the ignition timing is controlled by the ECU, it can advance the timing until it senses the pinging from ignition too...
• Ignition Timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:39:05 -0400
  I am getting ready to do a tuneup on my '85 Westy, but I can't figure out how to check the timing. Bentley...
• Timing proceedure: 2.1 Watercooled; Bentley page 28.42 Digifant.
  Historical mailing list - Dom
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 04:12:42 +1000
  Bentley outlines three techniques for adjusting the ignition timing on p.28.42 (I miss the old test-lamp proceedure for the type 2...
• 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: 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...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:55:59 -0700
  ...the Digijet system used an ignition > distributor with vacuum devices > that moved components in the distributor to change > the ignition timing. > After that(86...
• 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: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:06:27 -0800
  ...I tap the dizzy, it drops to 0 degrees, the ignition starts to misfire (you can see it on the strobe timing light, the...
• DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:36:40 -0500
  ...Bosch 0 237 022 054 ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) ignition advance checks: 0 - 2 @ 1050 RPM w...
• Re: Digijet timing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:33:16 EDT
  HI all, On the question of ignition timing I would urge you to use caution when advancing the timing past specs. When the timing...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:51:06 -0600
  Hi everyone, I'm trying to set the timing on my newly installed AVP engine (88 wbx manual tranny). According to what I've...
• 86 Vanagon - Engine won't start
  Historical mailing list - Stylianides, Georgios
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:44:24 -0400
  ...I was told that when the alternator fries like that, an overload takes place and other ignition/timing components may be damaged. Any input...
• Re: Failed emission testing - Nox
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:52:03 -0400
  Check the ignition timing (over advanced) and repalce the catalytic converter. Dennis
• Re: Electrical Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 21:08:43 -0500
  ...It uses the wire from the ignition module for tacho and timing information -- among other things the fuel pump won't run if ignition...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:58:23 -0700
  ...Question about ignition timing.. > > Keeping the 1.8 head will raise my compression ratio to 10:1, I am > >> told. The digifant EMS does...
• Re: IginitionTiming, 87' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 15:32:39 -0500
  >Isn't it true as far as ignition timing goes, hook up a vacuum >meter/gauge to any main vacuum lines and turn the...
• Re: Ingnition time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:19:05 -0400
  ...where is the ignition time for a vanagon 1983 >water-cooled? and what is the cylinder number one? > >SALUDOS Timing (for US-spec engines...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:36:11 -0800
  ...I tap the dizzy, it drops to 0 degrees, the ignition starts to misfire (you can see it on the strobe timing light, the...
• Re: Ignition Timing Setting??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:19:43 +0100
  ...the engines to set the timing correct Ralf Milewski Berlin Germany
• 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...
• Re: Weird ignition timing - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:55:11 -0700
  ...Weird ignition timing - '85 Westy >I recently replaced the distributor on my '85 Westy (stock 1.9L) since my > old one had a broken...
• Re: 1.9ltr vanagon timing help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:44:43 -0400
  ...I had started somewhat like you, new fuel filter, new ignition parts, set timing. Everything worked out, after the new AFM. On Mon, Sep...
• Re: Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:49:44 -0800
  ...In the first post you said you couldn't get the timing right because the vacuum advance can hit the cold start valve, but...
• Re: Timing 1.9,2.1 engines
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:17:40 -0500
  ...Ignition Timing Procedure 1986+ Vanagon 2.1L Digifant 1. Warm engine to normal operating temp. 2. Shut off engine. 3. Connect timing light. 4...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:20:28 -0800
  ...Bosch 0 237 022 054 ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) ignition advance checks: 0 - 2 @ 1050 RPM w...
• Re: Timing proceedure: 2.1 Watercooled; Bentley page 28.42 Digifant.
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:19:17 -0400
  Dom wrote: > > Bentley outlines three techniques for adjusting the ignition timing on > p.28.42 > (I miss the old test-lamp proceedure for the...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:29:59 -0700
  ...re : " I have forgotten what the reasons and the direction is to > adjust the timing for pre-ignition and regular vs premium fuel. for...
• Re: The details of Motronic
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:15:06 -0400
  ...The timing of the spark is controlled by when the ignition coil fires, not the rotor position. The reason that turning the distributor on...
• Re: 1.9l timing setting
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:27:42 -0600
  Jay, Funny you should mention ignition timing. I just joined the mailing list on the 23rd. And one of my first entries was regarding...
• Re: 88* Pre-ignition problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:17:12 CST6CDT
  ...CO Vol > 2.0, Ignition Timing 10 deg BTDC. a couple more questions: what fuel octane are you using? also, the ignition timing must...
• static timing help!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:55:38 EDT
  ...using the static timing method. OK I'll buy that. So out with the voltmeter hooked up to condenser wire, ignition on. Move crank...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:14:37 -0800
  ...Bosch 0 237 022 054 > ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) > ignition advance checks: 0 - 2 @ 1050 RPM w...
• Re: I didnt pass emissions---why?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:10:24 -0800
  As I remember it, the garage usually makes the timing late. Make sure the ignition cables are good and the plugs are good. You...
• Help! Vanagon timing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 14:13:20 EDT
  Can someone please inform me how to set the ignition timing on my '84 Westie with digijet fuel injection and water cooled engine. The...
• Re: ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:52:10 -0500
  ...s not right there with the ignition) or apply some other scale, or use an adjustable timing light (maybe...I have an adjustable light...
• Too much ignition advance ??
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:09:27 -0500
  Have any of you ever noticed your timing advance too much at higher rpms ? I have a stock centrifugal/vacuum advance distributor on my...
• Re: Simple Timing Question on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 18 May 2004 09:40:56 -0400
  ...Simple Timing Question on 2.1L > Hi Folks, > > What is the timing difference between the v-notch ignition timing mark and > the u-notch...
• Re: Vanagon Ignition Timing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 10:50:42 -0600
  Tom Brunson wrote: >Working with my 87 & 91 Vanagons I've been surprised how sensitive they are to >slight changes in ignition timing. After...