on mine and all the pictures of others ive looked at they are different to this,i seen posted on another forum that this is the correct way

 

Yep that is wright so if you got yours round the wrong way it will run shit if it starts at all

 

You hope so being a Ford manual

If you've got any doubt mate get the first cylinder to TDC and then take the cap off and the rotor arm should be near on pointing at number 1 on the dizzy cap, and then you can easily work out the other 3

 

mine has been 3 1 (looking at the dizzy from side)
4 2
when i swap it to the way its says on that pic it backfires and wont start

 

That diagram has been known to cause quite a few problems, how you've got them not sounds correct to me!

The way i tell people is the one closest to 12 o'clock is number 1.

 

PMSL

is someone using a cracked copy of XP

Thats a very nice Genuine Advantage Key icon in your systray PMSL

 

lmao

 

should 1 not be top right on the dizzy like(starting at top left going clockwise) 3 1 2 4,on that diagram its got the 2 at top right,would this not effect the firing order in anyway,i know its the same firing order 3142 but just any rst's ive seen its always 1 top right

 

WTF????

Whats that firing order for

 

i know thats not the firing order,read again

 

right look at this pic,should the full lot not be turned clockwise 90 degrees so that 1 is top right and not 2,would this affect the way the car runs as basically the leads arent in the right place even though the firing order is correct

 

Thats just confusing

The fool proof way to do it is as i said above, get the timing marks lined up so number 1 is TDC, pop the dizzy cap off and the rotor arm points to number 1.

Then you go anti clockwise on the cap, 3, then 4, then 2

 

Again, as i said above, that diagram has been known to cause confusion

Stick to method i just wrote and it should be easy peasy