Newbie......HELP!!

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

Julie,

This guy is a newbie so besides giving him the right firing order you should
explain that 19mm wrench. I can just about see one on the distributor shaft.
LOL

Eric,

Julie means for you to turn the crank with the 19mm wrench until the rotor
and the distributor body are lined up. I recommend a 19mm socket with a
ratchet. That way when the compression pulls the engine over you will be
less likely to loose your knuckles.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
To: <joemomma2002@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Newbie......HELP!!


> Sounds like the wires are off or the gap is wrong. recheck the gap of the
> plugs first. set them to 0.024 with a leaf gauge.
>
> Facing the car, cyl#1 is by the timing belt, numbering to 4 left to right.
> Lift the cap. Around the rim of the dist where the cap will rest you will
> find a small mark (line) showing Cyl#1's position. useing a 19mm wrench
line
>   up the tick mark on the inside of the timing belt pully with the
top/front
> of the valve cover. This should line up the mark on the dist with the mark
> of Cyl#1. If not. Then where ever the rotor points is cyl#1.
> Clockwise from this position on the dist, it will go
> 1 : 4 ; 3 ;2.
>
> Good luck
>
> >From: Erik Seo <joemomma2002@yahoo.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Newbie......HELP!!
> >Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Hi everyone, newbie here.
> >
> >Just got my first Scirocco, a 1980 Rocco.
> >So, I'm learning about auto maintenence.....I decided
> >to change my spark plug wires.  After the change, the
> >car started and ran real rough.  It would only rev
> >about half as fast from idle (only 300-500 rpm's) to
> >redline.  Real slow, and it sounded and felt horrible,
> >sounded kind of like it was stuttering and sputtering
> >up.
> >
> >Help!
> >
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