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Hi
All,
My second, recently
obtained '57 Dodge D500 wasn't performing very well, so I thought a tune-up
would help.
I started with the
distributor and besides the fact that all the sprak plug wires on one side of
the engine were completally loose (on all four cylinders!), I noticed the wiring
is not as it is supposed to be. At least, not as far as I
know.
The firing order is
O.K. ( 1, 8, 4, 3, 6, 5, 7, 2), but the spark plug wiring on the distributor is
rotated three positions counter clockwise.
To make clear what I
mean, I'v attached a scan (hope that's OK) where you can see the 'normal'
situation, it's the same as what you can find on these tune-up data cards from
the era, like Esso's.
My wiring is
actually rotated three positions counter clockwise: terminal 1 is where 5 should
be.
Now, it could be
that I got the wrong tune-up data. Wouldn't be so surprising, because the engine
was running after all! Only a little 'rough', and recently hardly at all, but
that's not a surprise either, with all the sprak plug wires hanging loose on one
side. (Yes, the car was parked outside and yes, I've got neighbours...,
but, noooo...).
I think it could be
possible that the distributor was removed at one time, and put back on in a
wrong way. Not aligned.
My
questions:
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is the ignition wiring correct?
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if not, should I remove the distributor and put ik back on in the right way
(aligned)?
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if so, what's the procedure?
The double breaker
distributor IBK-4301A is correct (for the engines up to engine number
KD500-4430)
Looking forward to
your reply!
Jim
Hoekendijk
Apeldoorn, The
Netherlands
'57 Dodge Custom
Royal Lancer D500 4dr
'57 Dodge Royal
Lancer D500 2dr.
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