Neil

I didn't look that closely, but it the camshaft was more than 1 tooth off.
The intermediate shaft was way off.  Shortly after got my engine after
towing the van home I took it to a local shop that does a lot of Vanagon
work to figure out the timing 'cause I couldn't find any timing mark on the
flywheel.  They told me it was set at 36 BTDC!  The engine shouldn't even
start when that far advanced.  I was disappointed when the timing
adjustment didn't make much difference.  The valve timing being off turned
out to be the main problem; the engine couldn't breathe properly.

As I recall, after fiddling with it for a while, the crankshaft and
camshaft marks don't line up exactly with their reference points.  Just get
them as close as you can and it will be fine.

Brett

On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brett.
>
> How far out was timing as shown at cam OT mark? 1 tooth or ?
>
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Brett in Portland, OR
"Albert" '82 VanaFox I4 Riviera