p0wp0w

I know this sounds like a very amateur question but...

I'm changing my plugs and wires right now at this moment. I got the new plugs in and took all the plugwires off and out. The problem is installing them back on.

There is a yellow sticker on the distributor that says the firing order correct? Well I am pretty sure that the way that the wires were put on before, was that the number 1 on the distributor went to the first cylinder counting from the front (cylinder closest to the front of the car). And the number 2 from the distributor went to the second to closest cylinder to the front.

BUT I then noticed that there was an actual cylinder number etched into the block. So that means that the wires were on different cylinders?!

So the question is which one do i follow.

a) Put them on in the order they were in (#1 from dist. goes to the front most cylinder. #2 from dist. goes to the second front most cylinder. #3 from the dist. goes to the 3rd front most cylinder. #4 from dist. goes to the cylinder closest to the windshield.)

or

b) Match them up (#1 from dist. goes to the #1 cylinder according to the etching on the block. etc.)

Thanks a lot I need a response ASAP because I am doing it right now. THANK YOU RENNLIST!

Porsche-O-Phile

The stamped order under "Zundfolge" on the cam tower is correct. I believe only the sequence matters moving in a clockwise direction. The cap can go on one of two ways (180 degrees off) so there's no particular wire that needs to go to any specific "post" on the cap if that's what you mean.

Tom Carson

clark's has an image:

http://www.clarks-garage.com/graphics/distcap1.gif

yup, cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4 are from front to back

more help with the distributor:

http://www.clarks-garage.com/shop-manual/ign-01.htm

p0wp0w

thanks for the quick response...so you're saying that any cylinder can go to any "post" on the cap??

Right now this is what im looking at

Block:
1B 3B 4B 2B


Looking straight at the dist. "posts"

3D 2D
O O

O O
4D 1D

O=Dist. Posts
D= Distributor
B=Block

The way it was on before: 1D->2B; 2D->4B; 3D->3B; 4D->1B

Tom Carson

cylinder numbers:

fans---cyl#1--cyl#2--cyl#3--cyl#4---windshield

looking at dist. cap posts:

4D 2D
O O

O O
3D 1D

rotor turns clockwise...firing order is 1-3-4-2 (which is printed on your engine?)

p0wp0w

OH i see now. Thanks a lot got it running!