I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found that
the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is there
an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
wire pattern?

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"All" the American straight sixes used 153624. However, you could have the
distributor installed in any of five different wrong ways. If it ran in the
"incorrect" pattern, then it is not going to run in the "correct" pattern.
This sounds like a case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If you can
remember how the plug wires were, put them back. If you can at least
remember where one was, then that is a start. If not, then line up the
timing mark on the front crank pulley. Now either one or six will be ready
to fire. You can tell which one it is by removing the spark plug for one,
to see if it is one a compression stroke or not.

You haven't posted enough information, no one with a problem does, but it
does sound that you have your distributor installed in a non-standard
position. A good idea is to follow the instructions in your Chiltons and
get the distributor installed the way it was from the factory. Things are
much less confusing that way.

Another possibility is that you had two plug wires reversed for 17,000
miles. I doubt that any reasoning adult human would drive a vehicle that
way, but one never knows.

Earle

"jlbinky via CarKB.com" <u34125@uwe> wrote in message
news:722d27d439fbf@uwe...
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found
that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is
there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>
> --
> Message posted via CarKB.com
> http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/jeep-cars/200705/1
>

 

"All" the American straight sixes used 153624. However, you could have the
distributor installed in any of five different wrong ways. If it ran in the
"incorrect" pattern, then it is not going to run in the "correct" pattern.
This sounds like a case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If you can
remember how the plug wires were, put them back. If you can at least
remember where one was, then that is a start. If not, then line up the
timing mark on the front crank pulley. Now either one or six will be ready
to fire. You can tell which one it is by removing the spark plug for one,
to see if it is one a compression stroke or not.

You haven't posted enough information, no one with a problem does, but it
does sound that you have your distributor installed in a non-standard
position. A good idea is to follow the instructions in your Chiltons and
get the distributor installed the way it was from the factory. Things are
much less confusing that way.

Another possibility is that you had two plug wires reversed for 17,000
miles. I doubt that any reasoning adult human would drive a vehicle that
way, but one never knows.

Earle

"jlbinky via CarKB.com" <u34125@uwe> wrote in message
news:722d27d439fbf@uwe...
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found
that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is
there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>
> --
> Message posted via CarKB.com
> http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/jeep-cars/200705/1
>

 

"All" the American straight sixes used 153624. However, you could have the
distributor installed in any of five different wrong ways. If it ran in the
"incorrect" pattern, then it is not going to run in the "correct" pattern.
This sounds like a case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If you can
remember how the plug wires were, put them back. If you can at least
remember where one was, then that is a start. If not, then line up the
timing mark on the front crank pulley. Now either one or six will be ready
to fire. You can tell which one it is by removing the spark plug for one,
to see if it is one a compression stroke or not.

You haven't posted enough information, no one with a problem does, but it
does sound that you have your distributor installed in a non-standard
position. A good idea is to follow the instructions in your Chiltons and
get the distributor installed the way it was from the factory. Things are
much less confusing that way.

Another possibility is that you had two plug wires reversed for 17,000
miles. I doubt that any reasoning adult human would drive a vehicle that
way, but one never knows.

Earle

"jlbinky via CarKB.com" <u34125@uwe> wrote in message
news:722d27d439fbf@uwe...
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found
that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is
there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>
> --
> Message posted via CarKB.com
> http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/jeep-cars/200705/1
>

 

"All" the American straight sixes used 153624. However, you could have the
distributor installed in any of five different wrong ways. If it ran in the
"incorrect" pattern, then it is not going to run in the "correct" pattern.
This sounds like a case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If you can
remember how the plug wires were, put them back. If you can at least
remember where one was, then that is a start. If not, then line up the
timing mark on the front crank pulley. Now either one or six will be ready
to fire. You can tell which one it is by removing the spark plug for one,
to see if it is one a compression stroke or not.

You haven't posted enough information, no one with a problem does, but it
does sound that you have your distributor installed in a non-standard
position. A good idea is to follow the instructions in your Chiltons and
get the distributor installed the way it was from the factory. Things are
much less confusing that way.

Another possibility is that you had two plug wires reversed for 17,000
miles. I doubt that any reasoning adult human would drive a vehicle that
way, but one never knows.

Earle

"jlbinky via CarKB.com" <u34125@uwe> wrote in message
news:722d27d439fbf@uwe...
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found
that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is
there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>
> --
> Message posted via CarKB.com
> http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/jeep-cars/200705/1
>

 

What Earle said....

The rotor will be pointing at either 1 or 6 on the cap when the timing
mark is on.

Then when you get the plugs right, you will likely need to air out the
flooded plugs. Once flooded, they won't go again easily.

That engine can also take a 'long' time to suck up gas when it has sat
for a long time so you should look down the carb and give it a shot on
the throttle to verify 2 good squirts of fuel happening.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

jlbinky via CarKB.com wrote:
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>

 

What Earle said....

The rotor will be pointing at either 1 or 6 on the cap when the timing
mark is on.

Then when you get the plugs right, you will likely need to air out the
flooded plugs. Once flooded, they won't go again easily.

That engine can also take a 'long' time to suck up gas when it has sat
for a long time so you should look down the carb and give it a shot on
the throttle to verify 2 good squirts of fuel happening.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

jlbinky via CarKB.com wrote:
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>

 

What Earle said....

The rotor will be pointing at either 1 or 6 on the cap when the timing
mark is on.

Then when you get the plugs right, you will likely need to air out the
flooded plugs. Once flooded, they won't go again easily.

That engine can also take a 'long' time to suck up gas when it has sat
for a long time so you should look down the carb and give it a shot on
the throttle to verify 2 good squirts of fuel happening.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

jlbinky via CarKB.com wrote:
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>

 

What Earle said....

The rotor will be pointing at either 1 or 6 on the cap when the timing
mark is on.

Then when you get the plugs right, you will likely need to air out the
flooded plugs. Once flooded, they won't go again easily.

That engine can also take a 'long' time to suck up gas when it has sat
for a long time so you should look down the carb and give it a shot on
the throttle to verify 2 good squirts of fuel happening.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

jlbinky via CarKB.com wrote:
> I own an 83 CJ7 with a 258 straight 6. I ran it for 17,000 miles with the
> spark plugs in the incorrect pattern. It was hit while parked and has sat
> for 3 years. After repair, it refused to start and upon checking found that
> the wires were wrong. Now with the wires in the correct pattern (Chiltons
> and Haynes concur) it wont start at all. Real close but no sigar. Is there
> an alternate model of engine which would use an alternate distributor plug
> wire pattern?
>