Re: Spark plug wiring order for distributor cap - 5.0 glpwtr
The only thing you have to be careful of is finding #1. if you aren't sure where it is, you need to find #1 TDC on the COMPRESSION STROKE, not the exhaust stroke, and look at where the rotor is pointing.
Well that brings up another question - this is what I did during the install. When I pulled the original cap I installed the new rotor in the same position as the old. I then took the cap with all the plug wires in place and laid it on the garage floor. I then set up my new cap and wires (so I thought) as a mirror image as to the original- I could not locate a marking or stamping on the cap to tell me which way to orient it so I just took a guess. I then installed the new cap and wires and tried to fire up the engine- that's when I ran into issues.
I then came back inside and found the correct firing order you sent plus the image. Leaving the cap on the dizzy, I pulled all the wires and started from scratch reinstalling the wires according to the aforementioned diagram. The boat started right up and idled and rev'd beautifully.
So, I either screwed up the path of the wiring as compared to the original or I started with my distributor cap rotated 180 degrees vs the original, thereby putting numbers 1 and 8 where numbers 5 and 6 should have been. Then I attempted to start the engine several times. Does that mean my rotor is now oriented the wrong way or when I pulled all the wires and started over again does that essentially reset the orientation of the cap? I probably missed some stamping on the cap somewhere.....
The engine sounds like its running great - should I pull the cap off, look again for a stamping for the #1 cylinder, find TDC of the compression stroke and start over or am I good to go since it sounds like (on muffs) its running great?
thanks again Don