RE: Timing mark

["Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac@telenet.net>]

You can also remove the #1 sparkplug and insert a long screwdriver into the
cylander.Using a 19mm wrench, advance the rotation of the motor (careful not
to pinch the shaft of the screwdriver). The punch mark on the upper cam
shaft should be right in line with the top of the valve cover. The screw
driver will rise to the occassion. A fast way to find TDC. The mark to set
is 3 deg past the TDC. Good luck!

Julie Macfarlane
'81 Scirocco (Mom)
'83 Rabid GTI (Baby)
'85 Jetta (Wolfsburg)


-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Josiah Erikson [mailto:scirocco@absomotherfuckinlutely.com]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:03 PM
To: Julie Macfarlane
Cc: Scirocco List
Subject: RE: Timing mark


Ah, that lug IS the TDC mark? Cool. That would explain why my car isn't
running nearly as well as it should (laugh). I was going to do the
extension-in-the-cylinder thing, but thought I'd ask people first...
	-Josiah

'84 GTi
http://bork.hampshire.edu/josiah

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Julie Macfarlane wrote:

> On an 8v the TDC is a large lug, rotate the fly wheel till you see this
>
> /\
> \/
>
> it is only about one tooth movement on the timing belt.
>
> Julie Macfarlane
> '81 Scirocco (Mom)
> '83 Rabid GTI (Baby)
> '85 Jetta (Wolfsburg)
>


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