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Ignition - Almost 444-544 1958

posted by  tscarola on  Sun Jan 6 02:48 CST 2008
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Maybe I didn't explain it right...
The firing order is 1-3-4-2. When the proper distributor (the one that came with the car) would be pointing to cylinder one, the incorrect distributor would be pointing to cylinder two (90 degrees counter-clockwise.)
With the ignition cables connected the same on both distributors, I was getting a lot of backfires through the intake and no ignition. Now that I have moved the cables 90 degrees back (counter-clockwise), so that cylinder one fires when it should, I am getting some ignition sounds (pops and burps) from the exhaust.
Please correct me if my logic is off and I should be 90 degrees clockwise instead.

Thanks,
Tony
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Tony Scarola
1958 Volvo PV444 (44408)
http://www.scarolas.com/58VolvoPV444/






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