re this firing order thing..
the really easy way to remember it and check it is , it's 1-2-3-4  *going
backwards*.

very easy to see.....1,2,3,4 Counter Clockwise.
Only takes a second to check that way.
you need to make sure # is in the right spot of course.
There's a faint notch on the top edge of the dist body for where # 1 is.

re not starting now ...
is either the timing too retarded,
or plugs are wet-fouled with fuel and can't fire  ?

dist clamp tight enough to keep dizzy from Turing on its own ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ry" <rylincoln@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: first try = first run

> ok so I made a mistake.  i had the spark plugs hooked up on the
> distributor
> cap so that it was firing 1-2-3-4 instead of 1-4-3-2  even though I KNEW
> what it was supposed to be, just a late evening working all day shoulda
> taken a break mistake.
>
> Thing is it started right up that way though was rough and a bit loud(now
> i
> know why!).
> Now that I got it all hooked up proper like, it doesn't want to start, it
> has sputtered a few times. :(  did i do something awful?
>
> I'm letting it rest right now and charging the batter(i didn't try so long
> that i let the battery go dead, just knew it hadn't been charged in more
> than a month)
>
> sigh... any hep?
> -Ry
> http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:34 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I hope you did manage to put oil in the tranny before running the engine
>> much. You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since the
>> engine
>> will always turn the tranny mainshaft.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> Ry wrote:
>>
>>> Update:
>>> A few loose bolts on engine tin, timing not dialed in yet, coolant
>>> system
>>> needs to be bled some more(not that hard imho) and DOH i forgot to put
>>> trans
>>> oil in BEFORE i bolted it all up and made it more difficult to do.
>>>
>>> BUT first try and it started right up :)
>>>
>>>
>>>