Ignition Help

Looking at the front of my distributor, the terminals are numbered as follows:

upper left - 1
lower left - 2
lower right - 3
upper right - 4

My problem is that in the FO-4 manual it says the firing order is 1-2-4-3 Dist turns CCW

If I wire the distributor like that (lower right going to plug number 4, upper right to plug 3) the engine runs like a dog, cant adjust the carb screws correctly and the engine backfires bad.

If I wire it 1-2-3-4 (upper right to plug 4) it runs great. I can adjust the carb correctly, it idles good.

Could I have some weird cam thing going on? I am assuming that plug number 1 is closest to the radiator and plug 4 is closest to the dash panel.

I know that if it aint broke dont fix it but this is bugging me. Maybe it is only running on 2 cylinders? Can anyone help? I am perplexed. Thanks in advance.

Joe

GOOD LUCK

Thanks for the reply.

I am looking at that picture. If I wire it up the way it is shown, it runs like a dog. It runs good with the wiring going 1-2-3-4 what am I doing wrong. Also, fig. FO71 does not show the plugs. Which one is #1? I assume #1 is closest to the radiator.

Maybe my timing is off and by wiring it up wrong and masking another problem.

I am pretty much stumped at this point.

Joe

And believe it or not, the N-Engine is "so good" that it will run on 2 cylinders, which is the equivalent of 1,2,4,3 CW or since the distributor must turn CCW, the incorrect firing order of 1,3,4,2 CCW causes the N-Engine to run on 2 cylinders. Which is exactually what you are reporting.

So bottom line, wire it up like it shows in FO71..... ..Dell