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Old March 8th 05, 01:07 AM
P.J. Berg
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> I am new to the VW lifestyle. I have done a good share of researching
> but I can not find a question to my dilemma.
>
> I recently inherited a 1970 Beetle; I am working with the former owner
> to get it running. This past weekend we switched out the spark plug
> wires and adjusted the timing by ear and we finally got the car to
> idle!!!
>
> The only problem is when the former owner hooked up the timing light to
> the 1st cylinder (front right cylinder) the 3 notches on the crank
> wheel weren't anywhere near the top 12 o'clock position. After
> much searching we found the 3 notches to be around the 10:45 position
> (if you view the crank wheel as a clock). We turned the distributor
> while the car was running but could not get the 3 notches anywhere near
> the top without the engine misfiring. Since the 3 notches are on the
> left side of the crank wheel I think the engine is running like 60
> degrees ahead!
>
> In the current timing position the engine runs great, maybe a little
> fast but it runs without any assistance from us.
>
> Is there something we are overlooking? We are running stock 009 on a
> 1600 SP. All the previous posts indicate that any advanced similar to
> the one we have will kill the pistons and I don't want to do that.
>



When you say front do you refer to the front of the car?
Cylinder layout:


Front of car.

3 1
4 2



J.
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