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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by steve_o
i think so, got me thinking now, whats the best way of telling? if all the manuals are wrong then theres no point lookin there, its just doin my head in at the mo.
With the exhuast stinking of fuel, I would be double checking the cam timing first.
To determine what lead goes where is a doddle, take the cap off and put engine at tdc, not where rotor arm is, this will be pointing to number 1 cylinder, now operate the stater and see which way the dizzy turns, if say counter clockwise, then in the cap the corresponding leads would be cyl 1 at tdc, next one would be cyl 3 then cyl 4 then cyl 2, 99% of 4 cylinder engines fire 1342, a notable exception to this is the valencia engine as found in FWD fords which is 1243.
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