Kevin,
I don't get on here all the time but as you know the answers are also on the binderplanet.com
from a quick search here.....
Re: Distributor and firing Order problems on a 216 [Re: 3B]
Pete52
Shop Shark
Registered: Tue Jan 06 2009 04:40 PM
Posts: 1508
Loc: melrose pk. il.
1- remove #1 spark plug
2- turn engine over by hand ,with youre finger over the hole when you feel air pushing out
3- take a flash light and look at timing hole in bell housing
4- turn engine SLOWLY untill you see the triangle on the fly wheel
5- line up triangle to the pointer on bell housing
6- install disy so that rotor is pointed in a 12 oclock position you may have to move the oil pump alittle one way or the other use a screw driver
7- install disy cap and install #1 plug wire at the 12 oclock position
8- install all the other spark plug wires in a clock wise order
1-5-3-6-2-4- 1 being front and 6 being the last one
9- it should start you are going to have to set the timing with a timing light to the ball on the fly wheel after you get it started
Put an ad in parts wanted 216 disy's are out there.
Pete
Edited by Pete52 (Thu Jul 15 2010 02:42 AM)
With the distr rotating clockwise you should have the white wire to N-neg and the blk wire to P-pos.
BUT...I have ran across a couple pickups that were wired backwards. To verify simply set the engine to TDC #1 ensure the reluctor wheel is lined up with the pick up and the rotor is just past the cap terminal, then open the timing bypass connector so the computer does not affect timing, connect light to #1 and crank over the engine. If the timing is within a couple degrees of 0 then your good. If it's 15-20 off then the wires are reversed. Do not move the distributor, simply swap the wires from P and n and crank the engine again.
Only one way will be correct.
For your phasing it will be just as shown on the binderplanet. The rotor trailing edge should be lined up with the trailing edge of the cap terminal. That means it will be retarded and as the computer advances the timing it will sweep across the cap terminal.
