[T3] Huston, we have ignition! (was RE: Some Spark but no Fire (was RE: Updatewith a Bowl Full of Rust Flakes))

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Wed Jul 27 11:46:02 PDT 2011


On 27 Jul 2011 at 18:07, Dave Hall wrote:

> Oops!  The VW timing info says to time it dynamically at TDC with the vac
> pipe OFF for that earlier FI engine.  Does the pipe off make much
> difference?  If the pipe is left on, will that show some advance or does it
> come in later on?  

Hose on or off makes no difference at idle on these cars. That's true 
for the advance hose on all FI Type 3 engines. It's not true for the 
retard hose, if your engine has one.

> I guess it's just coincidence that I have dual vac on both my 71 twin carb
> and 72 FI.

Right, we got the vac retard only in '72.

> Anyway, sticking to the factory method has got to be right.  The last VW
> engine I timed statically was on the '59 Beetle, when no-one had a strobe
> light anyway!


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