Timing the cam - what about the intermediate shaft tocrankshaft?

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim R)]

I think they put that mark there so timing would not need to be checked/set
during a timing belt replacement.  Line the marks up and your dizzy is set
right where it was before the belt change, yes?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@verizon.net]
>Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:01 PM
>To: Jim R
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Timing the cam - what about the intermediate shaft
>tocrankshaft?
>
>
>Agree. Note one point though. On some engines the tang is NOT
>centered in which case it's important to match the off center
>direction for both the bottom of the distributor shaft and the oil
>pump shaft.
>To the original point, I don't know why VW put timing marks on the
>intermediate shaft pulley unless it was some convenience during assembly.
>Personally I'll be damned if I'm going to remove all the pulleys
>and the lower timing belt cover to line it up when all that
>matters is the distributor rotor lines up with the correct wire in the cap.
>Dan
>