Thread: misfire on 7 of 8 cylinders
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Old 03-17-2004, 04:11 PM
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A V-8 has enough cylinders where the firing patterns among the adjacent cylinders can be close enough that one can mis-wire nearly all of the cylinders and still allow the engine to run...albeit like one where the timing is off by several degrees!

Usually, the distributor drive gear has a notched key that will only allow the unit to be installed one way.

I cast my ballot for the mismatched spark plug wiring order...
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