Tdc with no viewing ports? Options

[Radmacdaddy]

I'm viewing the great valve adjustment article over at pelican & have my one wheel off the ground to get it just right but I have no viewing ports into my flywheel.

How then can I get the tdc worked out?

I did the straw in the #1 cylinder trick too, put it in & note when it is most pushed out and before it goes back into the chamber... But it still feels like its not just right.

Thought?

[Radmacdaddy]

So, thanks to R_towle's great advise I rebuilt the carb and found that I had not secured the 3&4 intake manifold properly after the ring install... This was because I had only taken the right side apart, realizing I could do that to deal with the 1&2 alone. I had already loosened the 3&4 mani before realizing that. So it was an oversight on my part in a big way.

Rebuilding the carb found a lot of residue on the main valve. So flooding was certainly occurring.

This morning I followed R_Towle's advise again and changed my oil after driving only a few miles to get nice and hot, and get as much crap out of there as possible.

He and I worked together to get 3&4 firing and I'm firing on all four now.

After hopping onto the highway towards Flagstaff (north of Phoenix-the Cali trip is awash since I had to spend so much time in Phoenix (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) , I noted that she was great in 1-3 gear with power, but in 4th lacked guts. I've then called up Doug's Bugs & Bunnies here- a GREAT shop where they helped me do a lot of fixing Saturday (had it not been a holiday weekend I would have stayed there and worked at it there for sure). Fish there suggested I call Wedge VW on the side of town I'm in, as they are swamped after the holiday weekend and Paul here told me to come in.

Presently Rich here has her hooked up to a machine to fine tune it... what R_towle & I decided was the best thing to do at this point and get it through it's last 10% that it can run in the present situation.

It's been one hell of an adventure so far!

HUGE thanks to Wingnut86 as well... he stayed on the phone with me for hours supporting me and troubleshooting with me.