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Date:         Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:19:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Spark plug wires
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <47D6F1C4.10207@verizon.net>
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.........as long as no one has put the distributor in indexed incorrectly. There's a faint mark on the upper edge of the distributor body, where the cap sits, that indicates # 1 cylinder position. It's possible to put the distributor in incorrectly so # 1 is somewhere else. Not too likely on a waterboxer as there is seldom a reason to take the distributor out.

Also a handy little trick to keep in mind is, going backwards ( distributor turns clockwise , so going backwards is counterclockwise ) the 'reverse firing order' is 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Makes it a snap to eyeball it quickly. Scott www.turbovans.com

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Mike Collum Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:56 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Spark plug wires

When you're standing aft of the engine looking at the distributor ... the upper left wire goes to the upper left spark plug (#3). The lower left wire goes to the lower left spark plug (#4). The upper right wire goes to the lower right plug (#2) and the lower right wire goes to the upper right plug (#1). Yes ... the wires cross only on the right side.

Mike

BJ Feddish wrote: > OK, I think I did a shell game with my spark plug wires to the distributer. > Can someone tell me where each wire goes? Not the firing order but where > each one goes in relation to the cap. I may have mine all shifted in one > direction. > > Thanks, > Bryan >

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