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Old 03-02-2013, 12:45 PM
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Guys

I've taken my distributor leads and coil off and replaced every thing apart from the dizzy

i marked my dizzy to marry back up when replaced but its firing like shite so i know my timing is slightly out but im just wanting to check that my leads are correct.

this is how they are right now but ive seen another order which i tried which was worse so im just wanting to double check as my brain was starting to get fried yesterday

I't's a 1989 (f) escort XR3i CVH engine

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Easiest way to set it up is put cylinder 1 to tdc and then have the contact point of the rotor arm facing lead 1 and then 3,4,2 in the order that the engine rotates
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Originally Posted by gingerturbo
Easiest way to set it up is put cylinder 1 to tdc and then have the contact point of the rotor arm facing lead 1 and then 3,4,2 in the order that the engine rotates


Cheers for the reply mate I'd sorted it I did have the leads the right way but wasn't running too good , but changed rotor arm and hay presto spot on again

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