[Healeys] bringing back the dead

[Richard Ewald]

Give the difficult job to the lazy guy, he will find the easy way to do it.
Remove #1 and #6 wires from the cap, replace them in the other position.  Do
the same with #2 and #5 and numbers 3 and 4.
Does the engine now start?
:-)

Rick

On Nov 3, 2007 9:13 AM, <RAWDAWGS at aol.com> wrote:

> Idiot update. I filed the points and have OK (not great) spark at the
>  plugs,
> new gas, new fuel pump, and everything is cranking but not catching. I
>  put
> my finger over the #1 spark plug hone and bumped the starter until I felt
> compression. Dd it until I felt I was at TDC #1, and low and behold there
> was a
> mark on the pulley that lined up with the pointer. I pulled the cap and
> the
> rotor was 180 degrees from the #1 lead. I thoughtAha! I pulled the distrib
> to
> paint the engine and must have put it back in backwards, but have come to
>  find
>  the distributor only goes in one way. Whats up with that? I   think I am
> off
> 180 degrees but the car ran when parked 20 years ago and I never  touched
> the
> engine (except as mentioned above). I think I am missing  something.
>
>
>
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