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Subject:RE: How are cylinders numbered (85 vanagon)?
From:Mark McCulley
Date:Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:48:49 -0700

Cylinder arrangement for all VW pancake and upright engines is:

---front---

 +-------+
 | 3   1 |
 | 4   2 |
 +-------+ 

---rear----

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>From: 	DBRADSHAW@mscc.cc.tn.us[SMTP:DBRADSHAW@mscc.cc.tn.us]
Sent: 	Monday, April 22, 1996 6:57 AM

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Subject:      How are cylinders numbered (85 vanagon)?

Could anyone tell me how the cylinders are numbered for an 85?  Also, how does
one determine which spark plug wires go where?  I know the firing order is 
1-4-3-2, but ...

Thanks a bunch, 

David