

| Subject: | Re: which cylinder is #1 and which is #4? |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Mon, 21 Jun 1999 18:38:32 -0400 |
That's what I meant. Honest. My fat head betrayed me! Sorry for the confusion. 3 1 4 2 <blush> david At 15:10 6/21/99 -0700, Brad Anderson wrote: >Um, my good friend Mr. Haynes told me what Mr. Bentley would not. > > Flywheel >3 1 >4 2 > Pulleys > >Who is right? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Beierl [SMTP:synergx@IBM.NET] > > Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 2:46 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Re: which cylinder is #1 and which is #4? > > > > At 13:57 6/21/99 -0400, Paul Henderson wrote: > > >Apologies for something that should be obvious, but could someone tell > > >me which cylinder is #1 and which is #4 on a watercooled 1984 Vanagon? > > > > > >The ridiculous thing is that the entire Bentley shop manual never > > >tells you which cylinder is #1. Nor could I find anything in the > > >archives. The closest I came was a statement that it is "punched on > > >the tin", but there is no 'tin' on the engine in my Vanagon. > > > > > > You're supposed to know, apparently. > > > > flywheel end > > 3 1 > > 2 4 > > pulley end > > > > Distributor rotor points to about 4 o'clock when #1 is at TDC. > > Shall we rant about Bentley a little? Somebody wrote a while back that he > > found everything he ever looked for there, but that has not been my > > experience. :) > > > > david > > > > David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
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