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"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ray O wrote:[color=green]
>> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> > J wrote:
>> >> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
>> >> news:f33fa$4576fd7a$44a4a10d$27032@msgid.meganewsservers.com...
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>> >> > "J" <J@j.net> wrote in message news:doCdh.1064$4p2.424@trndny07...
>> >> >> 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
>> >> >>
>> >> > 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.
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>> >> >
>> >> > Ray O
>> >> > (correct punctuation to reply)
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > 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.
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>> No self-respecting engineer would design an engine with a firing order of
>> 1-2-3-4 because the power pulses would be too uneven.[/color]
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> I had a problem like this with my old V8 Ford Torino.. That's why I
> said the above. In the end believe it or not we got everything hooked
> up correctly by following the length of the spark plug wires. Of
> course we doublechecked ourselves with the shop manual later in the day
> when we found it under the hood, which was laying in the back yard
> about 20 ft away.
>
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>> Ray O
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It is definitely a lot easier to put something back together correctly if
you take a good look before you take it apart. It also helps if you have
at least a basic understanding of how the item you are taking apart works.
I learned this lesson when I was around 11 or 12 and attempted to improve
the starting characteristics of our Lawn Boy lawnmower by taking apart the
carburetor. Who woulda thunk that sucker had so many pieces! My dad is not
very patient and wanted the lawn mowed so he put it back together that
evening, so I only got one day's reprieve from having to mow the lawn. I
learned a couple of things that day - 1) take a good look before you take
something apart, and 2) that Lawn Boy ran terrible even when it was at its
best.
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Ray O
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