When standing at the rear of your van facing forward, #1 is right toward
the flywheel, #2 is Right near the pulley, #3 is left near the flywheel, #4
is left near the pulley.

Cheers,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Paul Henderson [SMTP:pgh@UNX.DEC.COM]
Sent:   Monday, June 21, 1999 1:58 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        which cylinder is #1 and which is #4?

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.

Thanks!
Paul

henderson@unx.dec.com