In a message dated Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:16:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Gavin
Rhodes" <grhodes@talbotcorp.com> writes:
> 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!
I think others have sufficiently answered the "critical" question. However, it
seems to me that you could easily removew and reorient the distributor to face
as the old one did, unless there is something physically very different about
the design of the "new" distributor.
Or am I missing something? (Wouldn't be the first time!)
--Andy Mace
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