[tcb] Re: Won't start topic reset
- From: Ronnie <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 19:13:38 -0600
Check and recheck the spark plug wires. I've been off one before and it took
forever to figure out. Also assumed dizzy was cw rotation not ccw.
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On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Verified TDC
> Verified bright spark
> Verified plug wire locations
> Swapped in known good distributor
>
> Symptoms
>
> No start, no backfire when timed near TDC
>
> Starts and runs at a FAST idle when the distributor is rotated so that
> it is advanced about 30° (eg. when it starts a timing light immediately
> shows it running at 30° BTDC).
>
> Dies at about 20° BTDC if timing is retarded after it is started.
>
> Is there any way this could be fuel related? I don't have another carb
> to swap on.
>
> Can a VW flat4 actually JUMP timing? How? No chain to stretch.
>
> I can't afford a rebuild I need ideas. ;-)
>
> G2
>
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