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Timing how?
subisupa - September 3rd, 2008 at 04:50 PM

Guys,

I am relitivly new to VW's (always been a rotor boy BUT) I feel in love with the offroading side of the VW now I just chuck the 1500 back into the baja and added one of those alloy power pulleys and a 009 dizzy.

My question how is the best way to time them and my dizzy cap has no 1.2.3.4 lead place ment.

Help
thanks

Sides - September 3rd, 2008 at 05:11 PM

The dizzy doesn't need marks - what you do is take off the dizzy cap and hand crank the engine to TDC on #1. Normally this will be where the rotor button is pointing towards the V belt, but check both valves on #1 are closed and the rocker "free" to be sure. Then put the #1 lead in the spot closest to the pointy bit of the rotor - a lot of dizzy's have a line scribed in the casing here too. Now working anti-clockwise you then put in #2, #3 and #4 into the cap in that order.

Setting the timing statically is the normal way of doing things, and it's pretty simple:
- take the dizzy cap off
- hand crank the engine to 7.5 degrees BTDC on #1 by lining the mark up with the crank case directly above the pulley (I hope your power pulley has degree markings on it)
- set your point gap, usually about 16 thou
- loosen the dizzy and rotate it clockwise so the points are closed
- with the ignition on SLOWLY rotate back anti-clockwise until you get the spark jump across the points
- tighten the dizzy back up and your done.

If you've got a timing light, timing it dynamically is probably the go - about 31-32 deg at 3000rpm is about right I think.

subisupa - September 4th, 2008 at 01:12 PM

Cool thanks sides.

Got it running, Humm no gap on the exhaust valves better fix that.

I will do it with a timing light tonight as I have an electronic modual in the 009

so about 31-32 deg at 3000 rpm can do

Thanks

1303Steve - September 4th, 2008 at 04:21 PM

Hi

Just to confuse you, I do the firing order backwards, which is 1 2 3 4 , much easier to remember.

Steve

vassy66T1 - September 4th, 2008 at 08:19 PM

I must say after years of doing the static timing that the advance timing light that I bought has made setting the maximum advance with confidence such a quick and easy process it makes me smile :lol:

subisupa - September 5th, 2008 at 11:52 AM

hell yes it was easy timing light on set at 31deg at 3000rpm, makes a difference to the running of the engine.