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Subject:Re: the care and feeding of type 4 engines
From:neil
Date:Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:10:35 -0400

Hi.

Re: timing.

If van already running ok, take off dist.cap and turn
engine til rotor is lined up w/#1 mark on rim of dist.
The timing mark on pulley should be located somewere
near correct timing mark on stationary plastic timing
scale. If you can't see timing mark on pulley, feel
for a small mark on pulley (on outer edge of pulley
toward front of van). On mine it was a *small* notch.
Kinda hard to feel. Mark this and correct timing mark
on timing scale w/white paint dot.

Static timing is useful for testing to see if engine
runs after installing tuneup parts, but for sure you
have to set timing correctly with a timing light.

 Cheers,

Neil.

--- nick greenaway <ngreenaway@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> so, lacking a bently at the moment (all those t1
> manuals arent worth
> a hill of beans right now!) i want to do a tuneup
> but i cant for the
> life of me find any timing marks on the fan/pulley,
> or anywhere else
> for that matter. also can i tune this statically, or
> do i need a
> timing strobe?
> also is there a way to see what the spray pattern of
> my injectors? i
> dont know,  but imagine they are somewhat clogged.
> has anyone made a
> test rig of a fuel pump hooked directly to an
> injector? im thinking
> of putting something like this together and running
> some injector
> cleaner through each one for a couple hours. is this
> inadvisable? is
> the injector cleaner you get at the gas station
> (stp, gunk, et
> cetera) snake oil, or does it really work?
> thanx
> nick
>
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