Interesting vid Frank. I think you might find the distributor on the dual quad car might have been installed with the number 1 cylinder at tdc on the exhaust stroke, instead of the compression stroke. One of my Caribbeans was like that when I first got it. The last owner turned the cap until it ran and the wire for no. 1 was in the same place. I moved it to where it normally is and got a nice shot of fire out of the carbs...
Actually, the dual quad car has the correct positioning of the distributor and the spark plug wires. It's the single four barrel car that is off by 180 degrees. I bumped the starter and stuck my thumb over the #1 spark plug hole. When the pressure pushed my thumb away with a little squirt of oil, the piston was at the top of the cylinder. The rotor pointed to the #1 plug wire, 180 degrees off. I'm no mechanic, but I think the rebuider got the crank and cam out of sync. Is that possible?
Interesting vid Frank. I think you might find the distributor on the dual quad car might have been installed with the number 1 cylinder at tdc on the exhaust stroke, instead of the compression stroke. One of my Caribbeans was like that when I first got it. The last owner turned the cap until it ran and the wire for no. 1 was in the same place. I moved it to where it normally is and got a nice shot of fire out of the carbs...
v8packard 2 years ago 2
Actually, the dual quad car has the correct positioning of the distributor and the spark plug wires. It's the single four barrel car that is off by 180 degrees. I bumped the starter and stuck my thumb over the #1 spark plug hole. When the pressure pushed my thumb away with a little squirt of oil, the piston was at the top of the cylinder. The rotor pointed to the #1 plug wire, 180 degrees off. I'm no mechanic, but I think the rebuider got the crank and cam out of sync. Is that possible?
56sghor 2 years ago