[tcb] Re: Vanagon owners - setting timing
- From: Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 15:41:38 -0700 (PDT)
There is a mark on the pulley about 1/8" to the left of TDC mark. Line the
mark up with the case center line. You set the timimg at 2500 RPM, warm engine
with the blue temp sensor disconnected.
Ronnie
--- On Mon, 5/18/09, Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Vanagon owners - setting timing
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 10:41 AM
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> Checking now.
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> Thanks
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> wuzmop@xxxxxxx
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> Have you tried the Robert Bentley tech forums?
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> From:
> Eric Woodall
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> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:33:00 -0500
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> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [tcb] Re: Vanagon owners - setting
> timing
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> Not quite there yet.
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> I don't really plan to get too involved in
> troubleshooting Digi-fant.
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> Planning to do an engine swap as soon as monetarily
> possible (which
> will be a while).
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> Just need to get the van running as well as I can without
> spending any
> more money on new sensor, etc.
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> mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> I found this website which might help. you
> understand this tech
> stuff more than I do.
> http://www.shoebox-electronix.com/index.html
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Eric Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> To: "Texas Coalition of Buses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:15:09 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
> Central
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> Subject: [tcb] Vanagon owners - setting timing
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> TCB'ers,
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> I attempted to set my timing (which I believed to be off)
> yesterday on
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> my '88 and now I am having issues starting the van.
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> I was told to make a mark 2 inches to the right of the
> "U" mark on the
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> pulley.
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> Set the timing at full advance to this mark.
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> The van seemed to sound pretty good at this timing spec,
> but I have also
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> been told that you have to unhook the Idle Stabilizer in
> order to get an
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> accurate timing.
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> Any ideas?
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> Eric
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