hooking up plug wires on distributor
04-14-2004, 07:30 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
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Shaggie wrote:
>
> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>
> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
> :wq!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Shaggie wrote:
>
> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>
> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
> :wq!
04-14-2004, 07:30 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
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Shaggie wrote:
>
> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>
> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
> :wq!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Shaggie wrote:
>
> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>
> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
> :wq!
04-14-2004, 07:30 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
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Shaggie wrote:
>
> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>
> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
> :wq!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Shaggie wrote:
>
> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>
> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
> :wq!
04-14-2004, 07:32 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:12:26 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@2muchspam.com> wrote:
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
04-14-2004, 07:32 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:12:26 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@2muchspam.com> wrote:
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
04-14-2004, 07:32 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:12:26 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@2muchspam.com> wrote:
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
04-14-2004, 07:32 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:12:26 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@2muchspam.com> wrote:
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
>Position 1 is determined when the rotor cap is pointing to it on the TDC
>compression stoke. Then it's 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2 going CW, with the
>cylinder id as follows:
>left
>7 5 3 1 (front, drivers side)
>8 6 4 2
>right
>
>The Haynes manual shows position 1 adjacent to the vacuum advance.
But if your whole distributor cap/rotor got burned off and you have no
reference then how do you know where the rotor cap is pointing to?
See what I mean? I know how to put the engine at TDC for cylinder #1,
but then I have to drop the distributor in place. I can't look at the
rotor because it burned into nothingness. :) I'm gonna have to put
the engine at TDC for cylinder #1 and then install the distributor and
it seems like I could either get it right or be 180 degrees out of
time when the gears mesh.
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
04-14-2004, 07:35 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:30:58 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
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> http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Thanks, Bill. Now I won't have to dig out my manual to see which
cylinder is which, but I still have the same question. Can I
arbitrarily choose which terminal on the distributor I want to be #1
or not as long as I wire that terminal to cylinder #1 and then the
next terminal on the distributor moving CCW to cylinder #2, etc, etc?
Maybe if I phrase the question another way... If my Jeep was running
just fine would it matter at all if I removed every single plug wire
from the distributor and shifted their position one terminal clockwise
or counterclockwise? See what I mean?
>
>Shaggie wrote:
>>
>> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
>> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
>> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
>> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
>> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
>> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
>> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
>> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
>> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
>> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
>> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
>> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>>
>> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
>> :wq!
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
<----------@***.net> wrote:
> http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Thanks, Bill. Now I won't have to dig out my manual to see which
cylinder is which, but I still have the same question. Can I
arbitrarily choose which terminal on the distributor I want to be #1
or not as long as I wire that terminal to cylinder #1 and then the
next terminal on the distributor moving CCW to cylinder #2, etc, etc?
Maybe if I phrase the question another way... If my Jeep was running
just fine would it matter at all if I removed every single plug wire
from the distributor and shifted their position one terminal clockwise
or counterclockwise? See what I mean?
>
>Shaggie wrote:
>>
>> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
>> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
>> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
>> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
>> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
>> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
>> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
>> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
>> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
>> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
>> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
>> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>>
>> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
>> :wq!
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
04-14-2004, 07:35 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:30:58 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:
> http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Thanks, Bill. Now I won't have to dig out my manual to see which
cylinder is which, but I still have the same question. Can I
arbitrarily choose which terminal on the distributor I want to be #1
or not as long as I wire that terminal to cylinder #1 and then the
next terminal on the distributor moving CCW to cylinder #2, etc, etc?
Maybe if I phrase the question another way... If my Jeep was running
just fine would it matter at all if I removed every single plug wire
from the distributor and shifted their position one terminal clockwise
or counterclockwise? See what I mean?
>
>Shaggie wrote:
>>
>> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
>> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
>> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
>> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
>> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
>> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
>> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
>> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
>> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
>> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
>> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
>> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>>
>> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
>> :wq!
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
<----------@***.net> wrote:
> http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Thanks, Bill. Now I won't have to dig out my manual to see which
cylinder is which, but I still have the same question. Can I
arbitrarily choose which terminal on the distributor I want to be #1
or not as long as I wire that terminal to cylinder #1 and then the
next terminal on the distributor moving CCW to cylinder #2, etc, etc?
Maybe if I phrase the question another way... If my Jeep was running
just fine would it matter at all if I removed every single plug wire
from the distributor and shifted their position one terminal clockwise
or counterclockwise? See what I mean?
>
>Shaggie wrote:
>>
>> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
>> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
>> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
>> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
>> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
>> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
>> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
>> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
>> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
>> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
>> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
>> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>>
>> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
>> :wq!
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
04-14-2004, 07:35 PM
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Re: hooking up plug wires on distributor
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:30:58 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:
> http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Thanks, Bill. Now I won't have to dig out my manual to see which
cylinder is which, but I still have the same question. Can I
arbitrarily choose which terminal on the distributor I want to be #1
or not as long as I wire that terminal to cylinder #1 and then the
next terminal on the distributor moving CCW to cylinder #2, etc, etc?
Maybe if I phrase the question another way... If my Jeep was running
just fine would it matter at all if I removed every single plug wire
from the distributor and shifted their position one terminal clockwise
or counterclockwise? See what I mean?
>
>Shaggie wrote:
>>
>> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
>> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
>> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
>> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
>> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
>> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
>> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
>> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
>> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
>> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
>> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
>> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>>
>> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
>> :wq!
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
<----------@***.net> wrote:
> http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/304_f_o.jpg
Thanks, Bill. Now I won't have to dig out my manual to see which
cylinder is which, but I still have the same question. Can I
arbitrarily choose which terminal on the distributor I want to be #1
or not as long as I wire that terminal to cylinder #1 and then the
next terminal on the distributor moving CCW to cylinder #2, etc, etc?
Maybe if I phrase the question another way... If my Jeep was running
just fine would it matter at all if I removed every single plug wire
from the distributor and shifted their position one terminal clockwise
or counterclockwise? See what I mean?
>
>Shaggie wrote:
>>
>> Hi all. Just wondering... Suppose your 304 V8 caught on fire and the
>> distributor burned up... So you removed it and ordered a replacement.
>> Plug wires all burned up too. Now you get the new distributor and
>> plug wires. Can you just choose whatever terminal you want on the
>> distributor to be #1 and go around in sequence as long as you run the
>> plug wires to the right cylinders? I know on older VWs there is a
>> specific #1 terminal because the distributors are designed to slightly
>> retard cylinder #3 because it's behind the oil cooler so it tends to
>> run hotter and retarding it a little bit helps it to not run as hot as
>> it would if it was running at the same advance the other cylinders
>> are. On a 304 Jeep can I just choose whichever terminal I want to be
>> #1? Thanks in advance for input/help.
>>
>> "I can hammer it back into shape later."
>> :wq!
"I can hammer it back into shape later."
:wq!
