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Title: abf firing order won't start
Post by: oakgreengolf on 29 September 2012, 12:45

can some one please confirm the order. car will not fire up after engine clean up.

I think its        34
                     12

Title: Re: abf firing order
Post by: Screech16v on 29 September 2012, 12:55

1 3 4 2   :wink:

Title: Re: abf firing order not starting
Post by: oakgreengolf on 29 September 2012, 15:06

so looking at the car from the front  number 1 would be front left. 3 back left . 4 back right 2 front right. I have it in this sequence and it will not fire. I had taken apart the dizzy to replace the seal and am pretty sure I reasembled it correctly. there is definatly fuel getting through and all the leads are producing a spark. I had forgot to plug the hall sender in when I first started it up and it did make a loud pop backfire type noise. any suggestions greatly apreciated.

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: tweed on 29 September 2012, 17:31

Is the timing marks all lined up when cylinder 1 is tdc?

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: oakgreengolf on 29 September 2012, 18:43

With cylinder 1 at tdc the rotor arm is pointing at number 1.

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: sam1990 on 29 September 2012, 20:00

swap 3 and 4 around

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: tweed on 29 September 2012, 20:41

Is it putting to the mark on the housing?

My number one is back right.

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: oakgreengolf on 30 September 2012, 09:09

Back right number 1??. That would mean my dizzy is possibly 180 deg out. I'm really confused now  :sad:

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: sam1990 on 30 September 2012, 12:14

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Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: tshirt2k on 30 September 2012, 12:38

Quote from: oakgreengolf on 30 September 2012, 09:09

Back right number 1??. That would mean my dizzy is possibly 180 deg out. I'm really confused now  :sad:

ABF has a locked dizzy. Think it can only go on one way.

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: oakgreengolf on 30 September 2012, 13:59

Sorted!!! Marked up all the timing marks and the dizzy was 180 deg out. After replacing the seal inside the distributor I had put the thing that slots into the camshaft the wrong way.

Title: Re: abf firing order won't start
Post by: tweed on 30 September 2012, 18:22

Sorted  :cool: