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Afternoon all.

Van's been running a little rough since the very nice AA man got it going a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I would check the timing. Connected a strobe to battery hooked it on to number 1 HT lead and the notches are nowhere to be seen on the pulley wheel thing.

"This is odd", I thought. So, whopped the spark plug out, felt for compression while cranking by hand and took the notch to uppermost and aligned with crankcase join (as per Mr Haynes' instructions). Checked that the rotor arm and dizzy body notch were both pointing at number 1 cylinder HT lead segment on cap. Started it up again (after removing vacuum pipe), attached strobe once more and still notch not visible. Well when I say not visible, that's not entirely true; I could just about see it at the bottom of the wheel!?!?

So, attached strobe to next HT lead (offside nearest front) and the notch appears dead centre at the top.

I really am terribly confused about this. Number 1 cylinder is right hand side of engine (as you look from behind) and nearest alternator, is it not?

I'm sure there is some terribly simple explanation for this, but I'll be buggered if I know what it is.

HELP, before I'm driven to drink (and if no one will drive me, I'll just have to walk).

No. 2 is nearest the alternator. Ie nearest you if stood at the back of the van. It should have a '2' next to the plug too. No.1 on the same side, further away from you.

Number 1 is right hand side nearest the front of the vehicle.. as said
Timing, depending on what engine you have (What code is it?)

WBX, 1.9 DG is 5 deg BTDC 2.1 MV is also 5, 2.1 DJ can be 10deg BTDC if running on 97+ super plus unleaded or if running on 95UL then set to 5 BTDC..... NO it wont be ok on 10 deg and 95UL....

Oh. Well that explains that then

DapperDavies wrote:Oh. Well that explains that then

Hang on a moment, no it doesn't. In that case, why is the rotor arm pointing at the wrong plug?

its not or it wouldn't go