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Old 05-30-05, 04:21 PM
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Sparkplug installation ?

when i start my car and drive it it sounds like it missing i think i hooked up the sparkplug wires wrong does anyone know of where to find a diagram to do it right or know how to wire it right it is a 1985 gsl se when ur looking at the motor from the side is it leading 1 top of rotor housing one then trailing 1 at bottom of rotor housing 1 and leading 2 on the second rotor housing top trailing 2 at the bottom of rotor housing 2

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hybrid7,the bottoms are leading and the tops are trailing.
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Originally Posted by Hybrid7
when i start my car and drive it it sounds like it missing i think i hooked up the sparkplug wires wrong does anyone know of where to find a diagram to do it right or know how to wire it right it is a 1985 gsl se when ur looking at the motor from the side is it leading 1 top of rotor housing one then trailing 1 at bottom of rotor housing 1 and leading 2 on the second rotor housing top trailing 2 at the bottom of rotor housing 2

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damn I nearly ran out of breath reading your post. How about some punctuation.

As seen from the side: leading one bottom left, trailing one top left, leading two bottom right, trailing two top right.
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the rotor housings are marked "T" and "L" and the dist cap is also marked L1, T1, L2, T2. number 1 rotor is the first one behind the water pump. good luck.
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Think of it this way.

Top(Trailing)

Lower(Leading)

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MNemonic device:

"T" = Top = Trailing

"L" = Lower = Leading

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hey im a real newby on the whole rotary thing, and i still cant get my car to run right. Its bogging really bad ,no power, and backfires like a gunshot after i shut it off. only two of the sparkplugs are firing. im pretty sure it must be ignitor, because i've put new cap, rotor, plugs, wires, coil packs. But i cant for the life of me find any used ones and they are $300 new in arnprior/renfrew ontario. I was wondering where i might find used ones close to me as well as an actual diagram of how the spark plugs are suppose to be put on?
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