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lawryr
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 Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:56 pm Post subject: 69 panel distributor install |
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my distributor line does not line up with the rotor
when at TDC on #1. also running terrible.
what to do?
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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| lawryr wrote: |
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Explain how you are setting the timing, what distributor model you have and how you are determining #1 TDC to start with.
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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If it is running at all then a couple of the plug wires have to be in the correct place, but two might be swapped. More info would help, is the engine back firing? When did the problem start? Is your compression good? Is the idle slow and weak?
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lawryr
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:39 am Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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Thanks for the replies. TDC is with the flywheel mark aligned with the case split
and #1 valves closed while rocking the flywheel.
The engine is missing and will only start with timing retarded.
Engine is weak and tends to backfire.
I've been through the carb which is clean.
I think a cylinder is not firing due to the misaligned rotor and notch. |
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EDragnDean
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:06 am Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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| lawryr wrote: |
Thanks for the replies. TDC is with the flywheel mark aligned with the case split
and #1 valves closed while rocking the flywheel.
The engine is missing and will only start with timing retarded.
Engine is weak and tends to backfire.
I've been through the carb which is clean.
I think a cylinder is not firing due to the misaligned rotor and notch. |
Check and double check your firing order one more time. If you have a couple of wires swapped your engine will fight to run and backfire when it does. |
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lawryr
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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checked the firing order twice. adjusted the valves and still have the same issues. ill check for intake and exhaust leaks. The carb is a new chinese PICT 1 which may be the issue. it's clean as a whistle but cheaply made.
ill change the plugs too since i'm not sure how old they are. |
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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Is this a "new" Chinese distributor as well?
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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| You don't say where you live but getting someone familiar with one of these engines to take a look at yours might save you a lot of grief. There is likely a VW club somewhere not to far from you. |
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lawryr
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:52 am Post subject: Re: 69 panel distributor install |
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| I'm in Pensacola FL. Rare Air is the local VW club here. |
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