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Jack E/NJ · 09-15-2011, 07:23 PM

George/Maine>>>This is very confusing but needs some proof. TDC the rotor should be at pass side up top at 11 oclock wire the rest as noted.>>>

Yeah, George, just to add to all the confusion, I use #5 cylinder to time everthing, even down to my homemade timing degree marks on the crank & block. That's because for some reason I seem to find it easier to remember the GM & Chrysler cylinder numbering system in figuring the flathead firing order 1-8-7-3-6-5-4-2. Most older GM & Chrysler v8s are the same except for the 4-7 switch. So I could actually go without numbered caps or scotch tape if I really had to. So with the firing order burned into my head, I just have to make sure to two rotors look like they're pointing at the right wire as they go around. 8^)

Jack E/NJ

09-15-2011, 07:23 PM	#118
Jack E/NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,173	Re: 1937 No start George/Maine>>>This is very confusing but needs some proof. TDC the rotor should be at pass side up top at 11 oclock wire the rest as noted.>>> Yeah, George, just to add to all the confusion, I use #5 cylinder to time everthing, even down to my homemade timing degree marks on the crank & block. That's because for some reason I seem to find it easier to remember the GM & Chrysler cylinder numbering system in figuring the flathead firing order 1-8-7-3-6-5-4-2. Most older GM & Chrysler v8s are the same except for the 4-7 switch. So I could actually go without numbered caps or scotch tape if I really had to. So with the firing order burned into my head, I just have to make sure to two rotors look like they're pointing at the right wire as they go around. 8^) Jack E/NJ