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ice baller
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Joined: July 13, 2002
Posts: 444
Location: 626 El Monte CA
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 Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:16 pm Post subject: 73 square, engine |
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| this engine didnt work,( 73 squareback) my friend took it to some mechanic that doesnt even work on Vintage VW, but he got it running, NOw the problem that i notice what was that the spark plug wires are wrong!it runns very rough.he has the #1 cylinder running to the #4 on the distrubuter, and the #2 to the #3on the dis, and the #4 to the #1 on the distrubuter,Its so weird, i hooked it up right, where they go, and i timmed the engine , and gapped the points on the dis, But now it doesnt start and it backfires each time we try to start it, what could this be? |
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79SuperVert
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Joined: May 31, 2002
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Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 7:19 am Post subject: 73 square, engine |
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| Might you maybe have to rotate the distributor rotor 90 degrees? |
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keifernet
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Joined: May 11, 2002
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Location: Samba Center for Behavioral Science
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 7:56 am Post subject: 73 square, engine |
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Here's what you should try;
pull the valve cover on 1 & 2 cylinder... rotate the engine clockwise and watch #1 INTAKE valve go in and then come out... after it begins too/comes out then look for/at the marks on the fan through the hole in the fan housing and line them up with the split in the case (the center line of the case halves)
Then see where the rotor is pointing. This is where # 1 cylinder will fire and where the distributor cap/ #1 wire should be located. ( then get the other wires in the right order)
As supervert says you may have to twist the dist around to get it in the right spot and/ or it could be in a weird spot (not stock) as someone at somw time could have rebuilt the engine and not gotten the distributor drive in the right location... good luck.... |
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