My guess is that the timing would have to be pretty far off to make
the engine stall like that. My other guess is that there's a related
issue(s) causing this to happen.

tencenlife on thesamba.com Vanagon/EV forum posted a great "full advance"
method for timing the engine. Of note one has to identify the correct
mark on the crank pulley for this method.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=307893&highlight=setting+timing

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261067

On 9/26/14, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> I need someone to explain the setup for timing the engine. Two different
> mwchanic have tried and gotten it wrong. The engine did run now it won't do
> more than idle well at 800 rpm. Step on the gas to go and it just quits.

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