Guest B1rdman Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 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 enginerunning very quick.Here is what he said, the two rings of numbers on each plate, hold it onthe 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 sidesmany thanks to Jake for helping me get mine runninggene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abelincoln Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nasmith Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B1rdman Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 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 ringson to each plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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