Mixed plug wires?

[njsteve]

I meant on the plugs themselves. I have seen people, myself included, connect the #5 cable on the #7 plug and vice versa.

[Alss]

OK guys..I have Daves vette here in my shop..its a very nice 55k mile car..right Dave? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] sure looks the part. went and picked it up over the weekend and just by pulling it the trailer it was running like a locomotive!..something sure was amiss..no pun intended.
stated by doing some basic checks..here is what we found:

Daves vette:


pulled the shields off and took a peek:..sometings not right here


Couild this be a vacumn line off?..to the vac advance?..


and what about this vacumn port??


here are the sparkplug..they all look good firing wise, but check out #6

so..pulled the dist out and its....fugly!..sticky... hard to turn etc. mech advance wieghts dont move so good either, so..Its on its way to TI specialtied in Indiana for a full restore..dist, TI box and coil, and all have correct numbers and dates!


man the TI box is a bitch to get out!!..compression test tomorrow for laughs and giggles.

[PxTx]

Looking at the way the Vac Advance was clocked, I would guess a tooth off is at least part of the problem.

[Alss]

this is the dist with the motor at TDC #!





observe the rust in the dist. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]..but nice orignal parts!!!

[Dave Rifkin]

As far as I know the mileage is correct on the car. I cannot thank Albert enough for tackling this challenge. As I have mentioned before, I had this car to numerous &quot;Corvette experts&quot; and none of them picked up on these things that Albert found in the short time he's had the car.

Albert forgot to mention that the distributor was not installed correctly; when he brought the #1 cylinder to TDC the rotor was pointing to the #8 cylinder instead of #1. The plugs were gapped at 42 instead of 35 which is what Albert said would have been recommended.

I can't wait to see how much better she runs when I get the car back. After 8+ years I'll finally have the car I had hoped I'd have when I first bought it.

[Xplantdad]

Cool that you're getting the help that you need. Albert rocks! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[Alss]

[Alss]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As far as I know the mileage is correct on the car. I cannot thank Albert enough for tackling this challenge. As I have mentioned before, I had this car to numerous &quot;Corvette experts&quot; and none of them picked up on these things that Albert found in the short time he's had the car.

Albert forgot to mention that the distributor was not installed correctly; when he brought the #1 cylinder to TDC the rotor was pointing to the #8 cylinder instead of #1. The plugs were gapped at 42 instead of 35 which is what Albert said would have been recommended.

I can't wait to see how much better she runs when I get the car back. After 8+ years I'll finally have the car I had hoped I'd have when I first bought it. </div></div>

I cant take all the credit, my buddy Joe is the driving force on the diagnostics..he's a sharp cookie..seen it all [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] ..he may chime in here later.

[Alss]

OK corvette guys..whats with the tach drive cable..is there supposed to be a 90 deg connector in the back of the distributor for the tach cable??..I see they make a aftermarket one but cannot find anything on a OEM one...sure could use one here!!....Mosport you out there??

[Alss]

Did a compression check on Daves car today..shes a healthy girl for sure. Here are the numbers:




Distributor is still at least a week out..I hope, I'm ready for it when it comes [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]