Gavin :
The order of the wires does not change, it's fixed by the firing order, but
obviously the location of the wires has to be correct. Note that TDC isn't
good enough, you have to know whether the camshaft is positioned to fire #1
or #4. Some people check this by removing the spark plug from #1, and
putting a finger over the hole as you crank the engine. If it's coming up
on #1 firing, the compression will blow your finger off the hole.
Personally, I prefer to remove the rocker cover and watch the valves.
Coming up on #1 firing, the valves for #1 will not be moving, while #4 will.
Next is point gap, then static ignition timing ... and don't forget the
rotor is necessary for the engine to run <g>
Randall
>
> Hello all. I purchased a new distributor from TRF and was
> installing it last
> night and had some problems. My old cap was a Lucas with the spark plug
> wires exiting towards the radiator. The cap that comes with the new
> distributor is turned 90 degrees so that the wires exit towards
> the driver's
> side fender. I transferred my wires to the new cap in the same
> configuration
> as the old one, but I'm having trouble starting it up now. My question is
> this- since the cap orientation has changed, do I need to change the order
> of the wires? At TDC, the rotor arm sits where the #3 wire is on the new
> cap. I went ahead and changed the wiring to 1 3 4 2 in counter clockwise
> order on the new one. Is that correct? It still won't start up,
> but I think
> I may just have to adjust the points, which I didn't get to do
> since it was
> 10pm! Thanks for your help!
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