16v assembly trouble - RESOLVED

[roccolister@hotmail.com (Craig Williams)]

I hate to tell you but...

The proper firing order is 1, 3, 4, 2

And yes, the 16v distributor turns counter clockwise

-- Craig Williams
1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-01 Sport Compact Car) 15.114 @ 91
MPH
2001 Passat Wagon, 1.8t (For the Wife and Son)
2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)15.047 @ 94 MPH
Northern California, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Alexander <rick@brubakerbox.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:55 AM
Subject: 16v assembly trouble - RESOLVED


> Of course it will not run with the ignition firing at 1234 when it's
> supposed to be 1432. Thank you Mr. Bentley for not knowing your clock from
> counter clock. Logic should have clued me into this but I've become
> accustomed to relying upon Mr. Bentley.
>
> Now a special THANK YOU to Jason Adams. You were right on the money with
> your information that the book was in error here. Thank you.
>
> I'm also indebted to Brian McGarvey, Dave Ewing, Chris DeLong, and Peter.
> This is what this list does best. Now if I could only take my pride and
> stuff it in my back pocket so that I could have asked earlier I would not
> have wasted four days trying to figure this out myself. What a stoop I've
> been.
>
> Thank you one and all.
>
> Now it's downstairs to make it run right.
>
> Rick Alexander
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