firing order on dizzy?

[peanut]

yes I pulled off two leads without noting the order []

1-3-4-2- but clockwise or anti clockwise looking at the face of the dizzy ? my head hurts

 

[944 man]

Well: they only can go two different ways... If you get it wrong you cant do any harm and youll know because the car wont run properly.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

Well: they only can go two different ways... If you get it wrong you cant do any harm and youll know because the car wont run properly.

I think you get some spectacular backfires if you do this - non?

Didn't know it didn't do any damage.

Peanut - sorry, I don't know the answer to your question. I can post a piccie of how it is set out on my car if you like tho'.


Oli.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Top left - 4
top right - 2
bottom right - 1
bottom left - 3
looking at it from the front
Mike

 

[944 man]

I could be wrong, but I wouldnt expect any damage to be done. Id suggest cranking the car with the HT lead removed and observing the direction of rotation, but Im presuming that he is alone, or hed have done that already. I thought I had a picture on my phone, but it doesnt quite show the distributor cap...

 

[Mike_Pollock]

When I change my dizzy I painted the Nos on the new one!
Mike

 

[944 man]

8v or 16v ?

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: A9XXC

When I change my dizzy I painted the Nos on the new one!

Paint-on Nos?

Sounds great. A certain 928 owner would be very keen to learn more, I'm sure .... []


Oli.

 

[peanut]

wow thanks guys thats quick. Mine is a S2 so 16 valve sorry I removed my sig some time back.
Must have had a brainstorm cos I never remove leads without marking them. I'm going to use a perm marker and mark them as suggested []

My car isn't starting at the moment so it is for testing purposes only. I was cleaning the rotar and terminals which had a surprising amount of cr*p on them .

No 4 and No 3 are still connected so I just needed to know the direction thanks a lot

ORIGINAL: 944 man

I could be wrong, but I wouldnt expect any damage to be done. Id suggest cranking the car with the HT lead removed and observing the direction of rotation, but Im presuming that he is alone, or hed have done that already. I thought I had a picture on my phone, but it doesnt quite show the distributor cap...

yes alone . no kids and Mrs P at work ...I must get a remote starter for testing purposes

 

[944 man]

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

thanks thats what I needed. Now I know the position of No 1 .......incidentally i believe that is a blemish or maybe a bit of dirt on the air filter if I'm not mistaken and that oil filla cap is disgraceful []tsk tsk...[]

 

[craig2105]

That really is a clean engine bay! Good work![]

Mine is disgraceful[]

 

[Hilux]

Id suggest cranking the car with the HT lead removed

HT lead off, handbrake off, third gear selected, rock car forward/backwards and the slightest movement will tell you the rotor arm rotation direction.

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: Hilux

Id suggest cranking the car with the HT lead removed

HT lead off, handbrake off, third gear selected, rock car forward/backwards and the slightest movement will tell you the rotor arm rotation direction.

yes thats the easiest way but unfortunately the car was jammed up against an earth bank at the front with the steering on a hard lock . I couldn't shift the car on my own anyway. Just my luck.

Anyway I have the answer now thanks as 944 man posted a picture YESTERDAY[]

 

[trev260764]

I did this recently and had a similar problem. This became more confusing as I fitted a Volvo cap!

See http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=508796&mpage=1&key=񼏃 for more!