Pop off your distributer cap and turn the crank until the rotor points to
the contact for the #1 plug wire. That will indicate TDC on #1. There's
usually a small notch (more like a nick) in the distributer body at the #1
position as well.

At 01:19 PM 1/23/97 -0600, VWNUT@smus.bc.ca wrote:
>Ok, so I now know the correct cylinder #s:
>3   1
>4   2
>
>Aside from checking the distributor rotor, how does one check for TDC 
>on #1, instead of #3, since both would give TDC on the crank, right? 
>Do you have to remove a spark plug & peer in, or is there a notch on 
>one of the pulleys, or what?
>