Fireing Order on Dist

[Sawatch 8N]

Dell just noted that on my '52 8n dist that the spark plug wire plug-in firing order is 1243 CCW on the dizzy-cap. In the manual FO86 the little arrows on the shaft/cam lobe point in clockwise direction. What does that mean? Shouldn't the shaft rotate CCW too?

 

[R Geiger]

I think if you crank over the engine with the cap off you will see that the shaft rotates as the book shows.

 

[Sawatch 8N]

Sooo.. if the shaft is going CW & the wires on the dst cap are CCW firing order then the firing is actually backwards??

 

[R Geiger]

the firing order at the cap is the same. cw

 

[Sawatch 8N]

So Dell was wrong in that the wires should be plugged into the cap in a Clock Wise direction of 1243, not CCW direction?

 

[Bob]

BOTH distributors used on the "N" series turn CCW, the front mount AND the "side mount!

 

[Sawatch 8N]

Thx Bob, I was about to be confused...

 

[BillM (OH)]

Pic shows the BOTTOM view of the distributor - so looking from the top, it would be rotating CCW, which is where the cap sits.

 

[R Geiger]

Sorry if I was getting you confused, I was led astray by the picture in the book also. Got to learn to kept my fingers off of the key board until I know what I am talking about.

 

[Sawatch 8N]

I'd say the pic shows it from the top, see screw heads etc, and it is just labled incorrectly for rotation.