it's not real hard to get the distributor in 180 degrees out..
it won't sit down in there right really..
but it'll still be driven.

----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, UPDATE

Interesting to know. I had wondered if the timing had gotten out
(somehow come out of gear or stripped (?) )

It's always something eh?    ;)

Neil.

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 11:55 AM, David Hardy <david@planetmind.net> wrote:

> Well, I feel like and idiot...turns out when I swapped distributors, I
> put it back without making sure it engaged the drive gear in the case.
> Crazy thing is, it must have been sort of turning, because I was
> getting a spark. That explains the no-start condition, and of course,
> now it runs perfectly - except for that first minute after startup
> roughness that's always been there. So much for a definitive
> answer....but hope this discussion was useful.
>
> David
>
> Quoting "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>:
>
>> This discussion has all been very good for me. Mine is one that won't
>> continue to run after the initial firing on start up. It gets two or
>> three fuel fired turnovers then quits. All this discussion has given me
>> insights in troubleshooting my own difficulty.
>>
>> John
>>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> David Hardy
> Planetmind Internetworks
> Nedernet, Inc.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

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Neil n

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