Damn ignition timing (+ ETKA help)

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

The bolt is a stock 13mm machine thread bolt. 3/4" should do fine.

The timing belt crosses the intermediate cam which drives the dist. Find out 
where the rotor is pointing when the fly wheel is set to TDC. This may be 
off.


Julie Macfarlane
"Its not just a car! Its an adventure!"
DSM4 entry: "Masochism: See Scirocco"
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
1985 MKII 1.8L 8v w 9A Wolfsburg
Amsterdam NY





>From: Phil Boeye <rocco_phil@yahoo.com>
>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Damn ignition timing (+ ETKA help)
>Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:43:35 -0800 (PST)
>
>Finished the headgasket r/r and all that.  Have
>everything hooked up.  Have double-checked the timing
>belt TWICE.  Rotor is set to #1 position notch, wires
>set in firing order 1-3-4-2, cylinders left to right
>are #1-4 (facing engine).  What the **** am I missing
>here?
>
>The starter turns the engine over flawlessly.  Fuel
>pressure is fine (cold start faithfully leaking on
>first attempt and then I retightened it).  Nice smell
>of HC now.
>
>Regardless of where I position the distributor - on
>the mark, retarded, or advanced, I get the same
>no-fire result.  Checked spark on #1 & #2 and it was
>fine.  Not brilliant, but fine.
>
>Now this thing has never had a problem turning over
>and starting before.  Have I screwed something up in
>my ignition timing with the distributor?  All hoses
>and plugs are properly connected.  Gad, did I check
>that over forever.
>
>There is one more thing and is pisses me off like a
>MF.  I installed a new negative battery cable from
>Adirondack.  It pissed me off because the center
>attachment section (which was clamped onto the cable)
>was improperly placed and had to be moved further down
>the cable.  Meaning an uglyass opening up of the clamp
>and then reclosing with pliers.  Never as nice as with
>the proper clamp tool.  Basically, it is as if they
>installed the ends backwards.  I will have to call and
>air that one out.  Nor is the cable itself as thick as
>the original cable.
>
>Anyhow, since I don't have the very end of the cable
>attached to the tranny (just the center section to the
>frame under the airbox), I am curious.  Here's the
>thing - the same setup was what I was running before
>with no problem ever (cable not attached to tranny;
>only to bodywork).
>
>I fear I'll have to get that holddown bolt for the
>tranny mount to get the end of the cable secured to
>the tranny before I can rule that bitch out.  That
>means, I need the ETKA stats (measurements) on that
>bolt.  Part number is nice, but I'd like to just pick
>this up at a hardware store for simplicity.  This is
>the bolt that screws straight DOWN onto the tranny
>mount towards the rear of the mount ('87 Scirocco 8v).
>  What a pisser.
>
>If anyone sees anything wrong in how I have timed
>this, please speak up.  But I fail to see any problems
>by the book.
>
>-RP
>'87 stock 8v beater = "The Faithful One"
>'84.5 2L 8v + 2H = "Baby Fatass"
>
>"..slave to the disease..."
>
>
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