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J wrote:[color=blue]
> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:f33fa$4576fd7a$44a4a10d$27032@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=green]
> >
> > "J" <J@j.net> wrote in message news:doCdh.1064$4p2.424@trndny07...[color=darkred]
> >> It's from left to right 1,2,3,4 correct?
> >>
> >> I'm speaking of the plug wire order from the dist cap in case it's not
> >> evident.
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>[/color]
> > As you are facing the engine compartment, the cylinder numbers, from left
> > to right, are 1,2,3, and 4.
> >
> > If you are talking about ignition firing order, then that is incorrect.
> > The correct firing order will be 1-3-4-2 or possible 1-2-4-3.
> > --
> >
> > Ray O
> > (correct punctuation to reply)
> >[/color]
>
> I'm hooking up the spark plug wires from a new dist cap and I'm just double
> checking the order as 1,2,3,4 left to right. I installed the new cap and the
> car won't fire at all and I put the old cap on and the car idles fine but
> bucks wildly and will stall out if I attempt to drive it.[/color]

Did you have to force the wires on (I mean, stretch them, etc). The
wires should fit snug and with little effort if you have them all
hooked up correctly. Without seeing it I'd imagine all of the wires
are of different lengths.