spark plug wires...?
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spark plug wires...?
hey guys, i'm rebuilding my 79 vette, but i got a 77 parts car, all was dandy until i took the motor out of the car... the distributor was there with all the wires, but the wires were not connected to the sparkplugs, does anyone know which wire goes where? 
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From: Foxfield CO 1970 Convertible
Originally Posted by Jay M
Nice picture...but mine is much different.
On mine #1 is where you have #3.
Could it be because I have tach drive distributor?
~Jay
On mine #1 is where you have #3.
Could it be because I have tach drive distributor?
~Jay
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From: Forked River NJ
Originally Posted by Jay M
Nice picture...but mine is much different.
On mine #1 is where you have #3.
Could it be because I have tach drive distributor?
~Jay
On mine #1 is where you have #3.
Could it be because I have tach drive distributor?
~Jay
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From: Burlington WI
Yes, you can make any one of them #1
It all depends on how you drop your distributor in.
I followed the procedure in Petersen Publications "How to Rebuild Your Smallblock Chevy"
The key thing is to observe the firing order.
I followed the procedure in Petersen Publications "How to Rebuild Your Smallblock Chevy"
The key thing is to observe the firing order.
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From: Fairview Heights Illinois, near Saint Louis MO, STL C3 Shark
Originally Posted by fl_rider
It all depends on how you drop your distributor in.
I followed the procedure in Petersen Publications "How to Rebuild Your Smallblock Chevy"
The key thing is to observe the firing order.
I followed the procedure in Petersen Publications "How to Rebuild Your Smallblock Chevy"
The key thing is to observe the firing order.
, you can make #1 anywhere, if you want to line it up "right", you can unclamp the dist, and start to pull it out till you can feel the gearing clear the camshaft, then you can feel it and rotate it a "tooth" at a time to put the rotor to point to wherever you want.stock, a HEI should have #1 point towards #1 cylinder, a points distributer I've heard typically will point to #2 - but that is just as good as where the source I got it from - which I don't remember
