porschefromspace

So I went to change my ignition components, and I was just going to do the plugs and wires, but when I removed one of the plugs from the distributor the shaft broke. SO, I broke out my new one.

I will illustrate this in pics below but I am wondering why the cylinder number order is different on my new dist (and you can see that the part number matches so it is indeed the correct part.)

I had called a friend of mine who has a 928 to ask him about it and he said he'd done it before, don't pay attention to the new numbers, just put everything back the way it was. So I matched up all the wires with where they would have gone on according to the old distributor and I am not getting a start.

Anybody come across this?

old dist

new dist

Rob Edwards

That ain't right. Correct Bosch number, completely wrong firing order. Where'd you pick up that new distributor cap?

Here's one from a '78, agrees with your old one.

SwedeInSiam

I had the same on mine when I bought it. Believe it's from an Mercedes as I found many Mercedes parts on my car.

hacker-pschorr

1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2

According to Wikipedia: Ford Modular 5.0, Ford Flathead, Bentley L410 V8 (from 1959 to 1986)

Per this link, also the same firing order for some Mercedes V8's:
https://www.2carpros.com/questions/m...g-firing-order

belgiumbarry

the numbers on the cap are indeed not important if you put your wires as it was.... but are the 2 mounting screws on the same place ? If not, you "rotated" the cap a bit ...