On May 1, 2010, at 12:41 PM, B Feddish wrote:

>>> First, Page 28.33 Bentley VV85: "- set crankshaft to TDC on No. 1
> cylinder  - insert drive shaft so that off-set slot in top of drive
> shaft is pointing toward tapped hole (arrow)  - smaller segment points
> to water pump."  <<
>
> I did not have any problems getting the distributer in and out.
> Matter of
> fact I got quite good at taking them out and disassembling them. The
> problem
> is I cannot time it anymore than 0 TDC or the vacuum tube sticking
> out hits
> the air conditioner pedestal. I think I have to drill a hole in the
> pedestal
> to get the distributer to move more than it can.

Uhhhh, we're not talking about the distributor. We're talking about
the distributor DRIVE.  Yours is mis-clocked CCW one tooth. That's why
you cannot rotate the distributor to achieve proper timing.

> The thing is it is now hooked up like the Bentley. The mechanic did
> that.
> The guy who put the engine in said that was wrong and hooked it up
> differently.   I don't want to second guess the Bently but I have
> the older
> one and I know there are errors. Not sure where though.

For pre-digifant Vanagons, I've found that the later Bentleys contain
more error than the 1980-1985 edition. In any case, most errata is
documented on Bentley's website.  To the best of my knowledge, most
errors are regarding wiring diagrams. If you think that there is an
error in your edition, pop over to the Vanagon forum on Bentley's
website. Stan Wolfarth was very diligent in documenting corrections.

Jim