Steve

    Computers boot, Vanagons shake, rattle and roll! Three things are needed
in the right amount and at the proper time. Compression, you have it. Fuel,
you say the plugs have fuel on them enough or too much? Spark, you've got
lotts of new parts. So can you see the plugs fire? If so are they going to
the correct cylinders? Hint, there's a small notch/line in the distributor
where the cap fits on under the plastic sheild. that notch points to the
wire that goes to #1 cylinder. The firing order is, I believe, 1-4-3-2, so
if #1 is correct then the next wire goes to 4 then 3 then 2. BTW, 1 is front
right, 2 is right rear, 3 is front left and 4 is left rear. With the cap
off, have somebody crank the engine briefly so you can see the direction of
rotation and put the wires going in the correct direction. without knowing
more of your past problems and what you did to fix them that's about all I
can say that may help.

Good luck
Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jevne" <Ssjevne@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:47 PM
Subject: help! vanagon booted

> Hello folks,
>     Thank you for helping me to solve my compression problem without
having
> to pull my engine. I would thank you by name, but I don't have your names
> anymore.
>     My vanagon needs to be up and running by the end of this month or it
is
> getting booted from it's parking place in my parents drive. I guess I
can't
> blame them. I told them I would be moving to Montana 2 months ago. So I
have
> a big trip ahead and I can't even get my van to start. My compression is
okay
> now, I am getting spark (new coil, plugs, leads, distributor, cap and
rotor),
> I am smelling fuel on the plugs, my starter is turning the engine ( 4 revs
> then a pause). I am baffled as to what can be the problem. If anyone has
any
> ideas feel free to send.
> Steve
> 80 vanagon
>