The first part is fairly simple: find the red "hot" lead from the
alternator, which is right in front of you in the engine. Clip the timing
light right on there.

Second part, I got no idea.

Ed Carroll

----- Original Message -----
From: "sleepingmonkey1" <sleepingmonkey1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 8:20 PM
Subject: timing these beasts

>I was wonderin how you folks hook up a timing light in the enginebay.  do
>you need to run a jumper to the battery or can you hook up to like the coil
>or something?  like I said before I am used to air cooled and the battery
>was in the engine bay.  also my bently lists engines DG,DF, DJ etc. but
mine
>is a DH so does anyone know the timing  is 5 before or after TDC?thanks
>agin.