Dear desperate;
Right of the top of my head I would say re-check your valve adjustment.
Did you use the Bently procedure ? I could be wrong but when I did it
three years ago there was something peculiar about their procedure. It
states to adjust #1 then rotate crank 180 degrees CLOCKWISE and go to
NEXT cylinder. First , what is NEXT cylinder? Second this seems
backwards to what Muir says in the idiot book. If memorey serves me I
rotated COUNTERCLOCKWISE and did #2. Any way, if you got two lifters in
a bind you could have trouble.
Good Luck
Ken Lewis
kdlewis@juno.com
86 VW crewcab
85 VW Vanagon GL
60 356 coupe

On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 09:28:16 -0600 "David O. Bradshaw"
<dobrshaw@warren-wilson.edu> writes:
>Hi all,
>
>ANY HELP APPRECIATED!!!
>
>A little history first:
>
>Did a top-end overhaul (head gasket, valve job, rings, rod bearings, 
>etc.) about 4,000 miles ago.  A couple of weeks ago, noticed loss of 
>power; also had heard a dull knocking noise (just a few knocks) when 
>starting.  So......this weekend I:
>
>	changed the fuel filter
>	removed the catalytic converter
>	retorqued the heads
>	readjusted the valves
>
>Now, it won't start!  Tries to turn over, but just sounds like 
>somebody 
>wheezing!
>
>I've checked all the obvious things I could think of (plugs, rotor, 
>what 
>else?).
>
>I BEG FOR HELP!!!!!!!  I REALLY wanted to get more than 4K out of this 
>
>last repair!
>
>Becoming desperate,
>
>David Bradshaw
>Asheville, NC
>
>