Thanks much Brett.
I'll look into fuel delivery rate next.
I'm in the middle of sorting out a wiring harness for next ABA into
Vanagon swap.
Since I know a little more this time 'round, it's interesting to
further study the O2 (and RPM, knock) coax shield grounding. So
speaking of timing, this makes me wonder if I got the knock sensor
coax shield grounded correctly on my current running ABA Vanagon.

On 10/16/16, Brett Ne <brettn777@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

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Neil n

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