OK, on second thought: I reviewed the video myself in detail, stopping it to check still images. It looks to me that whoever messed with #1 and #3 wires got them reversed! They have wire #1 going to spark plug #3 (and routed right over the heat pipe, real good for wire life) and have wire #3 going to plug #1. Car would have run like crap that way, if at all. Was it driven on to the block? I assume the cars were pushed to keep exhaust fumes down. Carl B. From: Carl HI Charlie et. al.: Very interesting screen shot. I think that what you assume to be wire no. 1 is actually wire no.3, and what you have labeled no. 3 is actually no. 1. They must cross somewhere past the spark plug wire tower out of view in the photo. If we assume that then the firing order appears correct (1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 counterclockwise) and no. 1 is in roughly in the correct location on the cap for a dual point distributor, and the distributor looks to be positioned roughly correct. Check out the still photo of the engine on the Mecum page (I was not able to screen capture it). You’ll see that someone messed with engine between the time that photo was taken (in advance of the auction) and the time when the video was shot (at the auction site). Wires no. 1 and no.3 have been rerouted to go over the drivers side valve cover and wire tower, as they should in your screen shot. In the still photo. They were routed down along the head and exhaust manifold – incorrectly. Also the air cleaner “dent” locations have changed in the two photos form outboard to inboard (and still incorrect as Noel pointed out). Carl B. From: 'Charlie V' via Chrysler 300 Club International Another photo with some of the wires labeled. You can follow no. 1 and 3 from the spark plug side. Look where no. 3 goes. I have the cap labeled where no.3 should be coming from. It also seems odd for no. 1 to be that high on the cap. Am I looking at this all wrong ? Charlie Valentine On Sunday, January 16, 2022, 02:43:35 PM EST, 'Charlie V' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Did they drive the car up to the auction block ? How could it ever run ? I am looking at the wires coming from the distributor cap and it looks like they are all mixed up. It certainly does not look like 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 in a counterclockwise direction. Photo attached. Charlie Valentine On Saturday, January 15, 2022, 06:57:47 PM EST, dplotkin <dplotkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The Mecum G was a no sale at $175,000 Danny Plotkin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -- -- -- For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chrysler 300 Club International" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chrysler-300-club-international+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chrysler-300-club-international/61e48b09.1c69fb81.5779f.4ee6SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. |
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