Dick is exactly right.
( I used to always get the bloody dist. drive in backwards the first
time after a rebuild!)
:^)
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
To: <Gameparker@cs.com>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: Distributor Orientation
> Geoff---It's indeed possible to have the spark plug wires 180 deg.
> opposite from where they were at one time, and the engine run well.
Two
> things could have changed during your overhaul, (if that was part of
> your restoration). The camshaft (& drive sprocket) could have been 180
> out of phase, or the drive gear at the bottom of your distributor can
be
> pinned likewise. Either situation will change when the spark is
> distributed. Surprisingly, the engine doesn't care, so long as the
spark
> occurs at the time both of the valves are closed and the piston is
near
> the top.
>
> Ideally, #1 spark plug tower should be at about 7, on the clock. The
> clips that secure the cap to the distributor body near 9 and 3 on the
> clock. This puts the tach cable drive in the optimum position for
> working on other areas of the engine, like the fuel pump and oil
filter.
>
> In short, the rotor has to be pointing to the sparkplug wire for the
> cylinder about to be fired.
>
> Clear as mud?
>
> Dick Taylor
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