RE: Cam timing questions

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Thanks.  The GTI is also 6*BTDC, based on the sticker under the hood.  I
kind of thought it was CW to retard, based on the direction I thought I
remembered the rotor turning when we were lining up the pulleys, but I
wasn't quite sure.

Aaron
'84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
'70 Bug - hibernating
'87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale


> -----Original Message-----
> From: drew [mailto:drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:58 AM
> To: Aaron Ness
> Cc: 'scirocco'
> Subject: Re: Cam timing questions
>
>
> On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Aaron Ness wrote:
> > 8V 1.8l engines - my '84 Scirocco, and my brother's '85 GTI
> >
> > 1.  Does the intermediate shaft do anything other than drive the
> > distributor?  It doesn't appear to, but I've never had one
> of these engines
> > apart.
>
> The intermediate shaft drives the distributor and the oil pump.
>
> > 2.  Are the timing marks on the cam, crank, and
> intermediate pulleys set up
> > so the timing belt is installed with the engine at #1 TDC
> compression?
>
> Yes.  Watch that the mark on the flywheel used is the (0)
> mark(TDC), not
> the notch (which is the ignition timing mark: 6 degrees BTDC on the JH
> motor - not sure on the 85 GTI)
>
> > 3.  My brother's ignition timing is advanced a little too
> far, and he's at
> > school with e-mail access but no timing light.  Does he
> turn it CW to
> > retard, or is it CCW?
>
> My hand says rotate the distributor body CCW to advance, and
> CW to retard,
> and my head hurts too much to disagree.  Anyone else?
>
> Drew 84 Wolfsburg Ed.
>
> Drew MacPherson, Network Analyst, University of Guelph
>
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