I had two 1600 Roadsters for a while and the distributors were exactly
180 degrees off from one another. This is due to the distributor
having an off-center shaft slot and the oil pump shaft thingie having a
centered shaft slot. The oil pump shaft thingie (sorry about this
technical talk) can fit in two ways, but the distributor will fit in
only one. I asked and was told "it doesn't really matter". Please
correct me if I'm wrong about it not mattering...
Adam
'70 1600
--- "WILSON,BOB (A-SantaClara,ex1)" <bob_wilson@agilent.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> This is an embarassing question but I must ask. Which is number 1
> cylinder
> and what is the pattern of the distributor wires?
>
> I thought it was this way, but when I tried to start my newly rebuilt
> engine
> yesterday, it wouldn't run until I reversed the spark plug wires. I
> am
> confused (again).
>
> This is what I thought was right:
>
> Block:
> ----------------------
> | |
> | 4 3 2 1 | Radiator is here.
> | |
> ----------------------
>
> Distributor:
>
> 1 2
> 3 4
>
>
> The above is how it looks when looking down from above the car. Left
> is the
> rear of the car (or firewall) and to the right is the front of the
> car (or
> radiator). So this view would be if you were on the passenger side of
> the
> car looking down on the engine compartment.
>
> The above does not work. I had to reverse the block spark plug
> numbers so
> that 1 was to the rear and 4 was to the front, to get the engine to
> run.
>
> What is going on? I seem to remember that the piston rods were
> numbered as I
> have shown above.
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Bob Wilson
> 1970 1600 stroker.
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