Re: And the result....

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <scirocco@absomotherfuckinlutely.com>]

Well, if you linux up all the timing marks (the one on the cam sprocket,
the one on the intermediate shaft pulley and the one on the crankshaft
pulley or the flywheel), then you SHOULD be all set. I've seen some screwy
things, though. Seems like something like that happens EVERY time you go
to start a motor after pulling it apart (don't post a million stories of
perfect success after complete rebuilds... I don't want to hear it
(laugh)). We'll get to see whether this happens to me on Thursday.
	Can you see the cam lobes through the oil fill hole like on early
8v's with no oil baffle? If so, you can see where they're positioned when
the distributor rotor is pointing to cylinder 1's wire - both intake and
exhaust valves should be closed, because the cylinder is about to fire. If
not, you could always just pull the valve cover off and look as a last
resort, then make sure that when you turn the motor over forwards (don't
ask me which way that is, turn the key with the coil wire disconnected and
find out), the exhaust valves open next time the cylinder comes up.
	-Josiah

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

On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Jim Jarrett wrote:

> At 8:09 PM -0400 6/18/00, Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:
> >So... how did it go the next morning? Did I miss a post telling us all
> >about it? (I may well have, I'm kindof a dumbass that way).
> >	-Josiah
> 
> 
> Well, still no start.  It turned over, there's spark, there is gas in 
> the cylinders, but no vroom.
> 
> I've played with the distributor timing, but nothing.
> 
> I have a few things to check:
> -Am I actually getting fuel out of the injectors when starting?
> -Could I possibly have had the head installed 180 degrees out of 
> phase? ie. when the spark fires, the EXHAUST valves are opening.
> 
> Anyone know if this is possible, and if so, is there an easy way to 
> tell w/o retiming the head?  Don't want to mess with that if I don't 
> have to.
> 


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