440 firing order help!

[wedge5]

I had to clock my distributor so it would clear my Indy NSS in-line intake and now the car wont start. I put the wires back on but I think I have them in the wrong order. could someone post the right firing order and which way I should be reading them as in clockwise or counter clockwise.

 

[detmatt1]

18436572, Clockwise.

 

[Satellite65]

18436572, Clockwise.

counter clockwise

 

[sicksatellite]

indeed....counter clockwise

 

[WileE]

18436572, Clockwise.

as viewed from inside the engine

 

[wedge5]

ok counter clockwise. Darn that is the way I have them. I was hoping it was that because that would have been an easy fix.

 

[detmatt1]

Oops, sorry guys, been a while since I've had to deal with rotation. See, all of my cars don't run yet, but soon, I hope!

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

heres a pic

 

[wedge5]

Show off. You are just rubbing it in that all of your 65 Coronets run. Now can I get a picture of your distributor. Thanks Chris

 

[bluefury]

as viewed from inside the engine

WHAT....?????​

 

[Revhendo]

Oops, sorry guys, been a while since I've had to deal with rotation. See, all of my cars don't run yet, but soon, I hope!

Hmmm, I think we know why they don't run now....:icon_axe:

 

[wedge5]

I wasn't even going to ask about that reply.

 

[moparsteve636]

Are you running the vacume advance? Put an after market dist.in No location problems!Normal wire location etc.

 

[daredevil]

Pull number one plug and bump starter till it blows your finger off the hole Then use inch and a quarter socket to zero out balancer. Turn distributor till there's room to adjust it both ways. Now where rotors pointing wire number one and then 8 counterclockwise from there. Didn't you just do the rewire?

 

[wedge5]

I my have to recheck my steps again. When I removed the distributor and moved the gear 2 teeth I may have moved it clockwise not counter clockwise so the cap would clear the intake.

I am looking at my 65 Coronet service manual. When it shows the wiring diagram for the engine bay it shows the plug wire placement different than you guys tell me. Maybe I will get a picture of my distr. cap and of the manual. That may help some.

 

[WileE]

as viewed from inside the engine

WHAT....?????​

Hello ?? I was being facetious. The reply erroneously said clockwise, which is what you would see IF looking up at the distributor from INSIDE the engine. Get it ?

 

[wedge5]

DAREDEVIL: No I didn't do any rewiring on the car. I only messed(screwed up) with the distributor.

WileERobby: I got it the first time. I laughed out loud. Nice recovery.

 

[wedge5]

I may have found the problem. I busy so I didn't get to see

I was taking the coil wire off today so I could get a pic of the cap and found that the #1 wire was just sitting on the cap. Would this make the car not fire/start??????

 

[WileE]

DAREDEVIL: No I didn't do any rewiring on the car. I only messed(screwed up) with the distributor.

WileERobby: I got it the first time. I laughed out loud. Nice recovery.

Haven't recovered fully yet... still have a beer or two now & thenccasion14:

 

[BuckNeccid]

I may have found the problem. I busy so I didn't get to see

I was taking the coil wire off today so I could get a pic of the cap and found that the #1 wire was just sitting on the cap. Would this make the car not fire/start??????

Nope... if you moved the drive gear a couple of teeth, you'll probably have all your wires at least one hole off. Like someone above said, bump it up to TDC, then wire it from there. You can just line up the timing mark and then put #1 wire where your rotor points, then wire it 8 4 3 6 5 7 2 from there. If it doesn't fire like that, and backfires, you have it 180 degrees out. Just lift the distributor and turn the rotor 180 degrees. Before you try to fire it, look at the reluctor or high point of your point cam, try to line them up so you're close on timing, and you should fire right off.