Bingo!  I double checked that the plug to the temp sensor was securely in
place.  No problem there.  Then I started wiggling around the wire and
suddenly noticed a change in engine RPM.  Timing now advances as it should.
Thanks for your help.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: timing does not advance

> A lot of people claim these go bad.      I've never had one go bad,
> but the wiring to the sensor, and the connection has been a major
> issue with many vanagons.   Check those.
>                            Eric
>
> Chad Morris wrote:
>
> >Could that mean that my temp sensor II needs to be replaced?  Would a bad
> >temp sensor cause such behavior?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:18 AM
> >Subject: Re: timing does not advance
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>By unplugging the temp. sensor II you cause the computer
> >>to not adjust the timing.  ITs sounds to me as if re-installing
> >>this connection, the computer is still not working.
> >>                                                  Eric
> >>
> >>Chad Morris wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>I followed procedures outlined in a posting by Mark Keller to set the
> >>>
> >>>
> >timing on my '89 Carat, automatic.  According to his instructions I set
the
> >timing so that the mark on the pulley (which is supposed to be the 5
degrees
> >BTDC mark) lines up with the case seam while the engine runs at 2400 RPM.
> >No problem there.  However, as I understand his instructions, above 3000
> >RPM, the timing should reach a total advance of 40 degrees.  On my engine
> >the timing does not advance at all.  No matter where I set the timing at
> >idle, at higher RPMs the timing does not change at all.  Can anyone
explain
> >this?
> >
> >
> >>>Chad Morris
> >>>89 Carat
> >>>Salt Lake City, UT
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>