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Subject:Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
From:Stephen Grisanti
Date:Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:10:28 +0000

I made a card to remind myself and taped it in the engine compartment.
https://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/_firingOrder?authkey=Gv1sRgCPO4k_L-kszkUg#6064461653277296322
Stephen 

     On Sunday, September 28, 2014 7:21 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
   

 

On 28 Sep , 2014, at 3:55 PM, Stacy Schneider wrote:

> 1-4-3-2 permanently displayed in an Air Cooled engine on the generator stand . 
> 
>      Happily Married since 1986 . 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 14:49, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> But, I should mention, the firing order of the distributor is not the same. To his Northeast. One is Southeast. For the south west. Three is Northwest.
>> 
>> Sorry to have to resort to this, but there are those on the list who think that anything better is too modern.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 4:41 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Don't you have another toucan look at?  I can never remember. Someone will bail us out. Dennis?
>>> 
>>> Karl Wolz
>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 2:29 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> For sure,what is the proper firing order?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@q.com>
>>>> Date: Sep 28, 2014 4:09 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
>>>> To: "John Rodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>>>> 
>>>> Crossed wires?  Check for cool manifold after running far a minute.
>>>> 
>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 1:55 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Engine sounds and shakes like it has a dead  cylinder. I had new plugs
>>>>> installed and went thru the entire ignition system and all ran perfect -
>>>>> idle and at 3000 rpm per Tencent. Even put in new ignition wires because
>>>>> testing them with a timing light can be faulty. My Shoebox Electronic
>>>> gizmo
>>>>> shows the ECU  fuel injector pulse proper - but tells me nothing about
>>>> each
>>>>> injector. The injectors were cleaned, serviced and tested Cruzin a year or
>>>>> so ago. Seemed OK. I have'nt pulled and test them yet for lack of  seals.
>>>>> So it is yet to be done.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Except for the injectors, I am stumped! Any one have any ideas or
>>>>> suggestions. I'm all ears!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also -  could anyone tell me the proper plug length to  be screwed in to a
>>>>> cylinder head.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> John the Gimp