Re: 78 Rocco....CIS problems...UPDATE!

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 16:23:01 -0500 "S.Coleman" <deadbolt@mindspring.com>
writes:
> OK,....need some help/advise here.  The post man came today, NOT 
> bringing my parts from Mark.  :~(   So I went to cleaning up the
intermed. shaft 
> pulley once I got the timing belt cover off to find that "punch" mark. 
I 
> put a little white paint on the punch mark on the intermed. shaft
sprocket 
> so I could see it through the "V" notch on the crank pulley. ( I'm 
> thinking right about this alignment aren't I?)  lined the mark up on
the cam to the 
> top of the head.  Checked to see that the timing mark on the flywheel
was 
> close /on the bell housing pointer.....everything looked good.  Looked
back at 
> the inter. shaft/crank alignment.....WRONG!   the crank pulleys look 
> like they are about right.  (looking at that side of the motor,...they
are 
> kind of in the "up" position.....meaning they are at about 12-1
O'clock.)   The 
> mark on the interm. sprocket is at the 6 O'clock position.......   What
the 
> hell?
> So now I ask the big question....is there something I am missing 
> here?  It seems to me that I need to loosen the timing belt and align
it 
> correctly.
> (NOT play with the ignition distributor)  Only a little light 
> outside left and rain is coming tomorrow.  Someone help soon.  
> I would love to hear this little bastard run today.
> Thanks,
> Chris
 
That's pretty much how I set it...

Don't forget to pop the distributor cap off and verify that the rotor
points to the mark, and/or to the no.1 wire.

HTH,
Peter
'79 Scirocco 16V project car
'83 GTI "Caged Rabbit" 
'84 Scirocco, RD/FF
'80, '88 Scirocco rollers

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