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#18568 10/06/2004 3:08 AM | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 13 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 13 | How do I know which cylinder is the number 1 on a 1953 GM 216 6-cylinder? | | |
#18569 10/06/2004 3:13 AM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 19 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 19 | Very first cylinder at the front of the engine is number one, cylinder closest to the firewall is number six. | | |
#18570 10/06/2004 3:19 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | It fires 1-5-3-6-2-4, BTW!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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#18571 10/06/2004 2:52 PM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 175 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 175 | Yea, best way to remember:
15 shes too young
36 shes gettin a little old
24 shes just right | | |
#18572 10/06/2004 5:42 PM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Distributor rotates clockwise
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | |
#18573 10/06/2004 6:12 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Rwise,
now I know where the "wise" came from! | | |
#18574 10/06/2004 8:09 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 581 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 581 | Never knew this, but took the exhaust manifold off my '53 216 last week. The firing order is stamped into the front side of the manifold. Thought that was pretty cool. Not sure what other engines do this.  -Michael | | |
#18575 10/07/2004 5:46 PM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | My Buick 225 in my old Jeep had it stamped into the valve cover. It was an oddfire engine.
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