John,
Try 5 Degrees BTDC. SEt it back to 0 during vehicle emission testing.
Ken Lewis
86 Transporter Crew Cab
60 356 T-5 Porsche
http://neksiwel.20m.com/
Vanagon tech, pixs, O2 monitor gadget
----- Original Message -----
From: "jbclem1" <jbclem1@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:24 AM
Subject: [VANAGON] Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading

> My 1983 water-cooled is getting a lot of pressure in the coolant
reservoir(head gasket or cylinder
> spacer-seal or green o-ring, or cracked head?).  In the process of trying
to pin down which cylinder
> or side the problem was coming from I hooked up a vacuum gauge and
discovered a pretty low reading
> at idle (8-10 inches hg). .....