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A. Bohemian

07-26-2007 08:30:13




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Many of my stupidest mistakes have been right here on these boards for everyone to read. I see no need to recap them, but a search of my user name will turn up some doosies.

But I've never told the one where I finished putting all the extraneous parts on a Volkswagen engine I bought. When I mounted the crankshaft pulley, I decided to mark it with white paint at, IIRC, 21 degrees BTDC and 32 degrees BTDC (the generally accepted timing range) so I could check the timimg more easily with my trusty 6-volt strobe light.

I laid out everything very carefully and used a protractor to make CERTAIN I found the 21 and 32 degree points.

You've probably already guessed that what I marked was, in fact, 21 and 32 degrees AFTER TDC...

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