how to find #1 plug on rotor cap

hey its me again how do I locate the #1 plug on the distributor I bought a new one off omix and its not labeled so how do I find it I already know firing order just need to know where to put #1 plug wire on distributor

 

Remove the #1 spark plug and plug the hole with your finger. Turn the engine over slowly by hand (pull the fan). Might be easier with all four plugs out.

When you feel the air pressure build up, that is the #1 firing stroke and the distributor rotor will be pointing to the correct position for the #1 wire.

 

Thanks I Got it set up and it also just so happens that the timing marks on the pully and timing cover lined up

 

The timing mark would naturally align if the engine is in time, but in any engine the timing marks will align once for each revolution of the crankshaft, and not necessarily just on #1. The F-134, for instance will align timing marks when either #1 or #4 are at tdc. So the "pressure on the finger" method works fine, and when you get it then you can go forward 'till the marks align and you are good to go, but only if you get the pressure first.

If you have trouble starting the jeep, I'd be very very suspicious of the Omix distributor. I swapped one into an F-134 and it did not go in as expected. It was assembled backwards, (but not a full 180 degrees backwards) so without changing the position of the engine I went from #1 at 5o'clock to #1 at around 1 o'clock simply by swapping distributors. It was difficult to time; it generated a spark when the rotor button was not in contact with the distributor cap. The weighted timing advance works intermittantly. It works well enough now, but sometime soon I'll be swapping it out for a "real" jeep distributor and I'm going to take pleasure in destroying the Omni unit before I take it to the recycler.

 

ok thanks for all the help its really appreciated

 

Line up the timing marks with the cap off the distributer. The rotor nose should be pointing toward what would be the 5clock position on a clock face. If it is pointing to the 11clock position you need to turn the crank over until the marks line up again.

That is the way it is supposed to be, how ever if the previous owner or one of his good friends has been fiddling with the oil-pump or timing or something while the distributer was out of the block, it could be in another position entirely.