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Subject:Re: timing a 82 Vanagon without timing scale
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:11:30 -0600

There is a tiny saw cut on the outer most edge of your fan pulley. If you
can find #1 TDC it will be at 11 )O:clock. on the fan rim or 180 off.
Mark it with liquid paper or white paint.
I wouldn't do any hard running until you get the timing radius arc
installed. Type IV need to be set dead on at 7.5 or they detonate and
your full advance is off.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:00:29 -0500 Jeff Strickrott <jstric01@CS.FIU.EDU>
writes:
> How does one time an aircooled 82 Vanagon (2.0 Liter type IV engine)
> without a timing mark on the pulley and a timing scale? It seems
> that I
> am missing the scale and there is nothing on the fan pulley
> indicating
> TDC. I have heard that I can get the scales at busdepot or its like,
> but
> what about the pulley mark?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> --Jeff Strickrott
> 82 Westy
>

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