Chris Valone is the MAN! His videos are the absolute best for us "newbies" who don't really know everything yet. He makes things easy for us to understand and follow. Thanks Chris!!!

No more dying at idle! You’re an amazing teacher man thank you so much

I'm only 16 and wanting to fix up an old bug. I have very little mechanical experience, but your videos are so kiss.

Chris that an old school cool way to time the Car. Brings me back to when I was in collage and I use to drive my car with what I used to call the VW trip kit.  My test light, a spare coil, belt and accelerator cable.  😀... l like this video very much.

Worked like magic! OH how I needed You And YouTube 30 years ago! Thanks!

Thank you for all your contributions to the veedub community. Your how-to videos are a big help in keeping my bug alive!

Great video. This has to be the best video for setting the timing on YouTube... After at least a dozen others, you covered all the details that I needed. thanks!

new owner of a ‘67 Bus and this video helped me figure out that my pulley had the dimple for TDC and notch for 5 deg. ATDC. figured out that I was trying to time it off of the 5 deg. ATDC notch the whole time. thanks for the help!

Also, after your timing light ignites tighten down the distributor, roll pulley counter-clockwise until light goes out. Then roll pulley clockwise and see specifically where the timing light ignites. This gives you an accurate place where ignition will happen.

Thanks for speaking about this like I'm a "five year old"!   It was a big help.😃

Thank you for a great lesson no chatter no blah blah blah just to the point!

Brilliant ! Just one thing was missing at the end, to start to engine and listen to it ! Thanks a million though !

Just restoring the 66 bug I drove in High School back in the early 90's for my sophomore son. You're videos are invaluable! Thank you for making them.

Important note: When rotating the crank pulley to set at your timing mark make sure you are rotating in the direction of rotation (clockwise) before stopping. If you go past your mark, back up the pulley an inch past your intended mark and then rotate clockwise again, then stop at your mark. This keeps all the gear clearance slack on the correct side (distributor drive to crank gear AND distributor drive to the bottom of the distributor itself).

ayyy 4 months later after getting motivation to work on my bug im back on this video lol

Excellent video! Had all the info i need to clear up the confusion of why my pullee had 2 marks and not 3. Thank you!

Thanks again Chris. Never knew that could be done. Thanks for all the time you put into the art.

Okay, okay, okay Chris!  I'll subscribe.  I had my dizzy out trying to get the frickin fuel pump rod out and the plastic out of the hole. I also popped out right side front plug (not sure on cylinder. LOL) to test compression.  Then the mosquitos swarmed me and I went into the house. But I digress, was afraid that I then messed up where the dizzy would go in!  Did them plenty of small block Chevy's. Thanks again for the video.  Saved again, many profanities and probably my marriage.  That cylinder was 90lbs..... Will recheck and check the rest in the AM.

Nevermind, somehow it all worked out. I still used the check light as it blinked off while at TDC, and its never run better. I just needed to charge the battery and get fuel into the system. Thanks buddy, you saved me money and I had the pleasure of fixing it myself. That's what bugs are all about, right?

The only video that makes sence. Thank you!