| flatheadfan | -- 06-22-2020 @ 5:01 PM |
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I have a non-running engine I am working on. No problems so far until now. I have the steel tubes for the spark plug wires. The side holes in the tube tell me what wires go to each cylinder. The problem is telling where 0n the terminal plates each wire should connect to. There are no numbers on the plates. On one plate I found has a "1" but nothing else. Is there any drawing identifing the terminals relative to the notch on the plate edge ? Tom
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| carcrazy | -- 06-22-2020 @ 5:32 PM |
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What year Flathead V-8 are you working on? You can access the information you require to get the ignition timing correct from either the Van Pelt website or "Ford Reference Book" (owner's manual) for 1937 or 1939. As you know the cylinders are numbered from the front of the engine to the rear as follows: right bank -1-2-3-4; left bank -5-6-7-8. The firing order is 1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2.
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| flatheadfan | -- 06-23-2020 @ 5:28 AM |
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Thanks guys. I have located a set that has numbers! Tom
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| 37RAGTOPMAN | -- 06-23-2020 @ 5:46 AM |
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hi I posted a photo of a inside distributor plate with the numbers, it fits in one way on each side, so you read the number that are up right,, on the one side then when you do the other side you read the number that are up right. on the right side you see 1 3 4 2 on the left side you see 8 7 5 6 1 is top on left on the right you see 3 4 is on the bottom on Left and 2 in on the right now you flip the inside cap 180 degrees,so the notch matches up with the distributor body, on the right side on the top you see 8 on the left and 7 on the right and on the bottom left you see 5 and 6 on the right, I would get a new set of inside cap with the NUMBERS, this will be very frustrating to get right with out the NUMBERS,, hope this helps 37Ragtopman MAINE
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