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Re: tune up questions

To: RDWILLI@VM.SC.EDU
Subject: Re: tune up questions
From: larryhoy@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:10:33 -0600
On Mon, 23 Jun 97 23:32:21 EDT RDWILLI@VM.SC.EDU writes:
>Replaced the points, (gapped @ .015), condensor, cap, rotor, etc.  upon
>trying to crank, all i got was a hellacious backfire.  set the front
>piston to TDC with the crank pulley, pulled the distributor to check for
>any strange damage, and upon finding none, put it back in.  problem:
>had to re-route the wires to the cap in order for rotor placement to be
>at the first cylinder.  one is now where four was, three where two, four
>where one, and two where three.  does the drive dog only go in one way,
>or should i be able to turn the rotor 180deg. to put "one" back where it
>originally was?

Robert when the #1 cylinder is at TDC on the compression stroke the rotor
should point to the #1 cylinder.  The dizzy drive tang is slightly off
center and cannot be installed 180' off. 

Cheers,

Larry Hoy
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas


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