I need help with my starb.dist.cap I have a crab style cap elec. ign. I am trying to figure where the plug wires go? the coil is ovious but #1-8 I cant figure it out? after the coil wire where is #1 etc. Ive tried it the way the book says to do it but no luck. This is all thats left to do. I put new heads, hoses clamps etc. It would sure be nice to here it run. Any help would be great Thanks in advance. David

If you have the wires presently wired up correctly and the motor will not fire, I would think you have the crankshaft 180 degrees off, just my hunch.



Look closely at this diagram. Ford lists their cylinders 1,2, 3, 4, right down one side of the motor, while GM crosses over from one side to another.

Also note the distributor is turning the same direction on both the RH and LH motors, this is accomplished because the gear on the cam is cut accordingly on the RH and LH motors to make the distributor run the same direction, thereby alleviating the need for rotation specific distributors. All that is needed is a rotation specific gear on the bottom to match the cam.

Look closely at the RH and LH firing order. They are obviously different from one another.

From there, you wire the crab cap accordingly.



In order to get the crank and the ignition in sync, you'll have to find TDC (top dead center). This should help.