The factory shop manual should have a description of how to alighn the distributor. My 56 manual does.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
---- Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Larry;
> Turn the engine over until the timing mark comes up. The rotor will be
> pointing to #1 (towards the front of the engine) unless it's 180Â out.
> In that case, turn it 1 more revolution to bring the mark up again.
> Remember the motor turns over 2 times for each time the dist goes
> around.
>
> Ray
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2006, at 7:54 PM, Larry Gardinier wrote:
>
> > Hello all I'm re-subscribing to the forward look website now that I am
> > restoring a 61 newport for my father. My problem now that the car is
> > here I see that the former owner removed all the plug wires. I
> > installed a new cap, rotor, points, condensor, plugs and I managed to
> > find some plug wires (suprisingly difficult!). My problem is that I
> > know the firing order, I know the rotation but I don't know where plug
> > wire lead one goes. Can somebody take a look at their running 361,
> > 383, 413 motor and tell me where these wires go. Please make sure
> > there is a landmark on the distributor like the lead to the coil or
> > the front cap clip?
> > Thanks for any help you can give,
> > Larry Gardinier
> >
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