Boost and TDC and distributors

[Bernie Benz]

It is very difficult to accurately use the dist rotor as your alignment
pointer because of the parallax errors involved.  There is an embossed line
on the top surface of the Hall rotor directly under the hot end of the dist
rotor that is in the same plane as the TDC mark on the edge of the dist.
Try aligning these two marks for higher accuracy.

Bernie

> From: Peter Schulz <peschulz at cisco.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:55:44 -0400
> To: QSHIPQ at aol.com
> Cc: b.m.benz at prodigy.net, dans at audifans.com, 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Boost and TDC and distributors
>
> Gents:
>
> Car is a 1991 200 20v (3b)
> Before I replaced the distributor, I set the engine to #1 cylinder TDC by
> rotating the engine so that the old distributor rotor aligned with the small
> slot in the distributor body (approximately 8'oclock for #1), pulling #1 plug
> and inserting a straw (visual indication of TDC)  and setting the flywheel 0
> and hashmark in the bell transmission window.
>
> I removed the distributor and installed the new one, tried to make sure the
> rotor and the body hashmark lined up.
>
> Good news is that the car starts up - bad news is that I get a 2113 code (dist
> alignment)
>
> I loosened the distributor mounting bolt and turned the distributor clockwise
> and counter clockwise.
> Car still starts and throws a 2113.
>
> What gives?
> -Peter
>
>
>
> At 10:52 AM 6/24/2002 -0400, QSHIPQ at aol.com wrote:
>> --
>> <snippage>
>>
>> Bernie:  The distributor in the turbo cars is a single window type.  The
>> distributor reference signal/flywheel reference signal is verified ONLY on
>> startup, after which the distributor reference signal is ignored, and the car
>> operates on rpm and flywheel only (per Mike's post).
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Scott Justusson
>> QSHIPQ Performance Tuning
>