Spark plug wiring... pleasae help!, this dosent seem right |
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Spark plug wiring... pleasae help!, this dosent seem right |
914chic |
Feb 4 2009, 08:40 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 31-December 07 From: Huntington beach ca Member No.: 8,521 |
Alright here is the deal, ever since i converted to carbs i have had my spark plug wires set up like this ( picture ) but it runs crappy and I set the timing but still runs like crap. Now my question is after I was browsing pictures on here I see that it looks like my plug wires are set up wrong. But when i switch them to like this ( 2nd picture ) it just turns over and then ... pops like a timing issue. WTF!
(IMG:http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp274/hbchevy/002.jpg) (IMG:http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp274/hbchevy/914_timing_pic9_big.jpg) |
jc914 |
Feb 4 2009, 08:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 289 Joined: 15-September 08 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 9,548 Region Association: South East States |
Go to this article it should answer all your questions.
http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9.../914_timing.htm scroll to the bottom or the article it explains where all the cables go good luck |
orange914 |
Feb 4 2009, 09:24 PM
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http://5starmediaworks.com/index.html Group: Members Posts: 3,371 Joined: 26-March 05 From: Ceres, California Member No.: 3,818 Region Association: Northern California |
Go to this article it should answer all your questions. http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9.../914_timing.htm from glancing over this article the only (kind of) mention of finding #1 position on the distributor, was "finding top dead center for cylinder #1". what i didn't notice (and could be your issue) is if the "distributor" is ALSO pointing to #1. a car this old can easily have had the distibutor installed incorrect position at sometime. its possible that the wires were previously repositioned to the altered distributor positioning and when you reinstalled them correctly to factory spec.'s... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) good luck |
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