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Subject:Re: Cylinder Numbering
From:Simon Glen
Date:Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:45:13 +1000

Bill,

No, its the southwest corner when you're in the southern hemisphere fsacing the
magnetic south pole !!!!!

Simon Glen, Toowoomba, Australia
1992 VW T3 Transporter Syncro van
1969 VW 411

Bill Davidson wrote:

> > Daniel Schmitz's advice on cylinder numbering is flawed !!!!!
> >
> > As an Australian vehicle, Jack Newton's 1989 T3 Transporter campervan has
> right
> > hand steering!  So, number 1 cylinder is not "on the passenger side of the
> > engine" !!!  For him, that is number 3 !
> >
> > Standing at the back of the vehicle and looking at the engine, number 1 is
> on the
> > right closest to the flywheel while number 3 is on the left closest to the
> > flywheel.
>
> Hey Simon...
> does that mean that number 1 cylinder in at the northeast corner? :)
>
> Bill