At 09:18 8/19/99 -0600, Rodrigo Bonilla Soto wrote:
>Hola:
>         Do you know where is the ignition time for a vanagon 1983
>water-cooled?  and what is the cylinder number one?
>
>SALUDOS

Timing (for US-spec engines) is 5 degrees ATDC, but the timing mark is such
that if you set the mark opposite the joint between the two halves of the
case you will be correctly timed.  There is a second mark on the next
flange of the pulley, more of a rounded indentation -- this indicates
TDC.  There is a small green or black box on the left bulkhead forward of
the coil -- this is the ignition stabilizer.  To set the time, you have to
unplug the wires from this (power off) and plug them into each other.  Then
set the idle speed to 800 rpm and set timing.  Shut off power and reconnect
idle stabilizer.  When it is working properly it will make the timing jump
around several degrees at idle.

Flywheel
3        1
4        2
Pulley

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"