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"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> J wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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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
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>>> >
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>>> 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]
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>> 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]

I have a commodore with a buick based V6 in it that has a 6-1-2-3-4-5 firing
order, i'm sure somewhere in the the world is a 1-2-3-4 firing order.
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> Ray O
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