Mrec 351 ford RR Engine

[Angler4reel]

Just rebuilt a 1976 351 winsor ford engine and it won't start, I have fuel and spark, my problem is, this is a reverse rotation 351, the crank and distributor rotate clock wise, have not been able to find firing order for this application, I even change stater to see what would happen, I have twin engines, the distributor would rotate counter clock wise, it still would not fire and I also heard a bubbling noise come from the pan, so that means the oil pump was running backward when I change the stater. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Don S]

Re: Mrec 351 ford RR Engine

Might want to look at your distributor rotation, it should be CCW. Use Fig 6

 

[Angler4reel]

Re: Mrec 351 ford RR Engine

Might want to look at your distributor rotation, it should be CCW. Use Fig 6

It's turning clock wise. When l prime the engine that the rotation l used was cw. when l went ccw l would hear a bubbling sounds , l assume that was the oil pump blowing air back into the pan. I have tried those firing Orders in sequence an and in reverse, nothing. I've also tried the 302 firing order, still nothing..

 

[haulnazz15]

Re: Mrec 351 ford RR Engine

I think you need to start over and put the engine back at TDC for the #1 cylinder on the compression stroke, then drop your dizzy back in and set the plugs in the correct order for the reverse rotation. You should still be turning the dizzy CCW to advance the timing to 10 DBTDC.

 

[Don S]

Re: Mrec 351 ford RR Engine

Engine rotation is taken by looking at the flywheel. LH rotation is standard rotation, RH rotation is used for counter rotation engines.
NOTE: I did not say counter clock wise rotation, I said counter rotation. It rotates counter of standard rotation engines.

 

[Angler4reel]

Re: Mrec 351 ford RR Engine

I'm on it, thank u for your input.

 

[Angler4reel]

Re: Mrec 351 ford RR Engine

Thank you for clearing up the rotation info for me. I'll go back and try again...