Re: [FWDLK] Since we're talking about firing order...

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You didn't say what the strange numbers were, but........
Are you checking the order in the right direction???
Key crank the engine and watch the rotor to verify the direction, then 
install the wires in that firing order.

Ray


Loving life and living large, Com'on down!


On Jan 14, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Mike & Sharon wrote:

> I changed the Cap & Rotor on my 1955 260" "Power Pack" engine, and 
> checked point dwell (32°, remember, Dual Points), and thought that I 
> knew all there was about replacing the wires with new. OOPS!? Not so 
> fast, smart aleck!
> When I looked at the old cap, just to confirm the 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2 
> firing order, I was stumped.? I came up with a strange combination of 
> numbers.? So I took #1 plug out, and turned the engine until the 
> piston came up, and checked the timing mark and got lucky, it was 
> right there.? Then I checked the rotor, and it was pointing to #1 
> Spark plug postion on the cap, or what I had already guessed should be 
> #1.? Great so far, but the order, according to the old cap, was (I 
> forget exactly), very unusual.? So I uncovered the extra engine, which 
> had not been touched in years, and the position and firing order were 
> exactly the same.
>  ?
> Question is: can anyone confirm the correct firing order for the 1955 
> 260ci engine, and confirm which cylinder (driver's or passenger side) 
> is number one?
> ?
> Mike Higgins
> 1955 Belvedere Sport Coupe
> ?
> b/t/w.... is Robert Bishop or Josh Ackerman still on the list?
>
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