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Guest B1rdman

:) Here is a tip i am sure most of you already know. I had pulled all the wires out of the distributer, and spent two days trying to figure it out.

I called Jake Fleming who set me on the way to do it, and i had the engine

running very quick.

Here is what he said, the two rings of numbers on each plate, hold it on

the side you are working on and use the numbers that are right side up.

This means small circle is drivers side, large circle is passenger side.

This way Ford made one part number fit both sides

many thanks to Jake for helping me get mine running

gene

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I've puzzled about the firing order as well. The engine is 75 degrees between cylinder banks, so it must be an odd fire. However, the distributor rotors are evenly spaced. The crankshaft is cleverly constructed so that each set of points directs spark to three cylinders on one bank and three cylinders on the other bank. So, what we have is two even fire V-6's on the same crank, offset by 75degrees. Is this correct?

Abe

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Guest nasmith

I think its more like two in-line 6's on the same crank. The distributor does divide the spark impulses like you noted, but when it gets to the distributor rotor, the forward segment fires one bank and the rear segment fires the other bank.

Norm

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Guest B1rdman

there is what might be called twin six cylinder ignition.

two sets of points, firing twin coils within a single container.

spark gets to rotors by the brushes then to slip rings

on to each plug.

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