[Healeys] Distributor cap wiring

Chris Dimmock austin.healey at gmail.com
Thu Jun 1 03:35:25 MDT 2017


Sorry, 
Forgot the attachment. 
This is my understanding of the correct cap wiring. 



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> On 1 Jun. 2017, at 4:00 pm, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Stephen, 
> There are 2 distributor caps that fit a Standard BJ8 distributor. Hence what could be your issue. 
> Tell me, is the notch/ cutout for the low tension lead at the front or rear of the cap?
> The cap with a part number ending in 474 has the cutout at the front, under the coil lead, and is Bj8. 
> The cap with the part number ending in 902 has the cutout at the back, and is sedan. 
> Best
> Chris 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 1 Jun. 2017, at 12:45 pm, Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I've come to realize that my cap was rotated and re-wired in the dim past for some reason.
>> That is to say, all the cylinders fire in the correct order, and when they should, but it's not in its original orientation.
>> I would like to return it to the correct position, and re-wire the cap.
>> It seems to me that the cap should have been wired as in the attached diagram...can someone confirm this for me please?
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen, BJ8
>> <Distributor cap.jpg>
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