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Ray O wrote:[color=blue]
> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165470532.839883.155940@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
> >
> > Ray O wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1165457553.493564.11970@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> >> >
> >> > J wrote:
> >> >> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
> >> >> news:f33fa$4576fd7a$44a4a10d$27032@msgid.meganewsservers.com...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "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.
> >> >> > --
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 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.
> >> >
> >>
> >> 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]
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >[color=darkred]
> >> --
> >>
> >> Ray O
> >> (correct punctuation to reply)[/color]
> >[/color]
>
> 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.[/color]

I think I still have a couple of screws floating around from the moped
engine I disassembled when I was around that age. I still couldn't put
that confounded thing back together.