Kevin.smith2206@hotmail.co.uk cheers I’m no sure you experienced VW guys know what a big deal this will be to an old man with no mechanical knowledge to get this engine running lol
Yes we do! Most of us have been there looking at the engine without much of a clue but wanting to service it ourselves which is more or less what you're doing and is THE "must do" thing for an engine new to you.
It really is easy - but only once you`ve sussed out the engine basics ... Listen to @zedders and you won`t go far wrong , he`s good at talking through problems
The problems you have are common to all of us with our busses. For most of us we learned to do the straightforward stuff ourselves to avoid paying for things that just take time not special tools. For each of them, there is a defined sequence to follow. Skipping a step or randomly doing things leads to getting stuck. Listen to @zedders. Go and watch people on Youtube like theEzGz and vwdarrin or mustie1 as they put old aircooled engines together or fix them. Remember you have time.
So I got a straw and “believe” I have found TDC cylinder 1 with the rotor pointing towards 1BUT there is no movement on the rockers
Ignore the distributor till you get as Zedders said both valves loose on No 1 Cylinder and the closest valve on Cylinder 2 loose too... that's firing time at No 1.. then where ever the rotor arm points at that point is where you want No 1 lead to be on the cap when fitted. this can be anywhere if rebuilt.. then 1234 anticlockwise.. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
So I believe I have found TDC cylinder 1 using a straw and the rotor is pointing towards 1 BUT there is no movement on the rockers and no valve clearance gap
This. Cylinder 1 is on the right of the engine towards the front of the van. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
There are 2 TDC on a full engine cycle.. if valves are not loose chances are you're at the wrong one.. go round a full cycle Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
Hi sorry for these numerous messages so I have found the position where the valves on 1 and the valve on 2 nearest 1 is also loose so the three valves from rhs of photo and the rotor is in the position in attached photo and the gaps are .006 as per photo so is that distributor 1 then 234 anti clock wise?
Your dissy rotor still looks 180 degrees out. Its pointing at cylinder no.4 isn't it? Maybe the drive gear in the engine has been installed 180 degrees out. Just to check - your dissy rotor does spin round when you turn the crankshaft pulley doesn't it? Just wondering if its seated correctly.
Yes it does spin and appears to be seated correctly It is pointing to 4 which I wondered about as leads for 1 and 2 will come from the LhS and cross the leads going to 3 and 4 if the drive gear is 180 out is that a major problem??
Honestly please stop talking about the drive gear , it’s pretty much never gonna have moved, that should be the very very last thing to address but it almost makes no difference where it is , you can adjust plug leads or the distributor to make it all correct
The timing mark on the crank can only be in one place tdc the cam can be in 2 places this means the timing mark can cause the valves to be in different opening positions Step one ( do nothing else ignore everything else it does not matter at this stage ) line up the timing mark with the crankcase go to number one cylinder valves , can you rattle them ?
Sounds like you've got to Step one .. in the post with the pictures... 3 loose tappets next to each other... ... Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
