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| | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 24 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 24 | My shop manual show the coil pointed down with wires on the bottom for my stock 235 motor. Every truck I see in pictures and even on Barrett-Jackson last night shows the coil right side up with wire on top. Which direction should I position the coil to be correct? It looks better down. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | I have always put them wire side down and believe this to be correct myself. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,769 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,769 | Back in the 1950's, practically all of them I worked on had the high-voltage terminal pointed down. Dunno if it had any real effect, but it supposedly kept condensation or puddle splash from accumulating in the high voltage tower and drowning out the ignition. If they could have turned the distributor upside down too, it would have been a lot more believable.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 506 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 506 | According to Chevrolet, correct position is down.
Speaking of the distributor, correct location for the
#1 plug wire is at or near the 5 o'clock position.
-Tom
1950 Chevy 3100 w/ 1956 235
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