Timing the cam - what about the intermediate shaft tocrankshaft?

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

Yes, makes perfect sense, except for all the effort of removing a whole bunch of stuff that doesn't need to be removed except to see the mark.

From: "Jim R" <sciroccos@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: RE: Timing the cam - what about the intermediate shaft tocrankshaft?


>I think they put that mark there so timing would not need to be checked/set
> during a timing belt replacement.  Line the marks up and your dizzy is set
> right where it was before the belt change, yes?
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@verizon.net]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:01 PM
>>To: Jim R
>>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Re: Timing the cam - what about the intermediate shaft
>>tocrankshaft?
>>
>>
>>Agree. Note one point though. On some engines the tang is NOT
>>centered in which case it's important to match the off center
>>direction for both the bottom of the distributor shaft and the oil
>>pump shaft.
>>To the original point, I don't know why VW put timing marks on the
>>intermediate shaft pulley unless it was some convenience during assembly.
>>Personally I'll be damned if I'm going to remove all the pulleys
>>and the lower timing belt cover to line it up when all that
>>matters is the distributor rotor lines up with the correct wire in the cap.
>>Dan
>>
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