well bought car as basket case tore apart. kid sold it cuz he couldnt get it back together. the prob is he ripped sparkplug wires completely off car. been fine if he left them attached to dizzy cap. anyway to know which wire goes to which plug or is it just going to be trial and error?

 

You'll have to find TDC for compression stroke on #1 cylinder first.

Spark plugs number in order, driver side front to firewall, 1 3 5 7
pass side front to firewall 2 4 6 8


Remove #1 spark plug, stick finger in hole. Have someone turn over the motor - when you feel outward air pressure from plug hole, and timing mark is close to zero, you then have the compression stroke - line up the timing mark on zero.

Now, look at distributor - where the rotor points, you want that to be the #1 plug wire on the dist cap. Plug that wire to cap, replace #1 spark plug, and run that wire to #1 spark plug.

Now, firing order is 1 8 4 3 6 5 7 2 - so going clockwise on the dist cap from that #1 wire, you connect next cap terminal to #8 plug, next to #4 plug, etc.

 

i have it timed. its just i dont where which plug wire goes where lenght wise.

 

Just start with #1. Whichever wire fits comfortably to you then there you go.

 

Number one on the cap is a direct straight line from no. 1 cylinder to the cap. In other words if you are standing in front of your car then no. 1 cylinder is the first cylinder on the driver's side (your right) toward you. Ok, so imagine a straight line from there to the distributor cap. The line will be a 22 degree angle really, if you are standing directly in front of your car. No. 1 on the cap will be right across from the brake booster vacum hose that attaches to the back of your plenum.