I've heard of such things but have never actually seen it in person. My new-to-me 1966 200 ci Mustang runs rough, and the previous owner never got it sorted. He didn't keep it long, thought it was the carb and mounted a new Autolite 1100. I asked him if he'd performed any bench adjustments for it and was told "the counterman told me it was set up out of the box". I pulled it and did all the adjustments as Mike's Carburetor suggested in his video. It's much better, but still runs rough.
Next up, I took a look at the distributor (this is my first Ford inline 6 and I assume nothing). This is what I found:
It appears that a previous owner set the firing order to 6-2-4-1-5-3. I pulled the wires and set them to 1-5-3-6-2-4. Now the engine will not fire. My theory is that whoever set up the firing order missed TDC and installed the distributor on the exhaust stroke and then wired the plugs "backwards" to get the engine to run. My internet research indicates that this is possible.
My plan is to find actual TDC and check the rotor on the distributor. If it's out, I'll pull it and install it correctly. I'm stopping for the day, so I thought I'd post and get some input here and pick this up again tomorrow. I'm pulling all the maintenance and checking everything before taking the car out for a drive.
Next up, I took a look at the distributor (this is my first Ford inline 6 and I assume nothing). This is what I found:
It appears that a previous owner set the firing order to 6-2-4-1-5-3. I pulled the wires and set them to 1-5-3-6-2-4. Now the engine will not fire. My theory is that whoever set up the firing order missed TDC and installed the distributor on the exhaust stroke and then wired the plugs "backwards" to get the engine to run. My internet research indicates that this is possible.
My plan is to find actual TDC and check the rotor on the distributor. If it's out, I'll pull it and install it correctly. I'm stopping for the day, so I thought I'd post and get some input here and pick this up again tomorrow. I'm pulling all the maintenance and checking everything before taking the car out for a drive.
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