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where does #1 go( said in a austin powers voice)

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by cj6/442, Oct 8, 2010.

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  1. Oct 13, 2010
    cj6/442

    cj6/442 Sponsor

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    I can help you with it mike ,I got this down .........
     
    cj6/442, Oct 13, 2010
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  2. Oct 13, 2010
    Warloch

    Warloch Did you say Flattie??? Staff Member

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    You have two options - get a new one for a '75 Buick Apollo or 76 Skyhawk or build your own from an old even fire (posts on the web for how to do this)

    Parts list...
    NAPA part #s
    RR194 - CAP
    RR173 - ROTOR
    RR204 - COIL GROUND STRAP
    IC18SB - COIL
    MP105 - PICKUP ***
    TP45SB - IGN MODULE
    RR230 - CAPASITOR + TERMINAL BLOCK

    CARQUEST
    30-1693 - REBUILT DISTRO
    DR-32 - COIL
    DR-443 - COIL CAP COVER
    DR-447 - DIST CAP
    DR-318X - ROTOR
    DR-31A - GROUND STRAP

    CHECKER
    DR400 - CONTROL MODULE
    DR451 - CONDENSOR + TERMINAL BLOCK
    DR427 - PICKUP COIL

    75 BUICK APOLLO OR 76 SKYHAWK USED FOR PART NUMBERS
     
    Warloch, Oct 13, 2010
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  3. Oct 13, 2010
    Vanguard

    Vanguard Take Off! Staff Member

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    Proform, DUI and Cape Conversions (google them) also make rebuilt or new aftermarket units.
     
    Vanguard, Oct 13, 2010
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  4. Dec 3, 2010
    EricM

    EricM Active Member

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    I just installed a CRT Performance HEI distributor. Their documentation confirms the #1 spark plug location on the cap:

    http://www.crtperformance.com/html/225_hei_instr_.html

     
    EricM, Dec 3, 2010
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  5. Jan 13, 2015
    B_hester

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    hopefully I can still get some help from this thread. my HEI is very untimed. and I believe I have the wires on each post, where should the number 1 be at I was thinking where either 3 or 6 current spots
     
    B_hester, Jan 13, 2015
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  6. Jan 14, 2015
    Warloch

    Warloch Did you say Flattie??? Staff Member

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    Post 34 on this thread - your number 3 is where number 1 should be.
     
    Warloch, Jan 14, 2015
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  7. Feb 1, 2015
    B_hester

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    So I got it timed to 8 degrees before top dead center where it drives and sounds good, but every time I drive it it want go past 52 mph. It starts backfiring and dying down. Thoughts?
     
    B_hester, Feb 1, 2015
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  8. Feb 1, 2015
    uncamonkey

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    It's tough to diagnose things from a few states away. (Where are you?) If you can get up to speed then it dies off and slows it sounds more like a fuel issue.
     
    uncamonkey, Feb 1, 2015
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  9. Feb 1, 2015
    1960willyscj5

    1960willyscj5 Well-Known Member

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    Or maybe your advances aren't working.
     
    1960willyscj5, Feb 1, 2015
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  10. Feb 2, 2015
    Walt Couch

    Walt Couch sidehill Cordele, Ga. 2024 Sponsor 2023 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

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    I would start with fuel delivery, if ignition is all correct. Filters partially plugged, fuel pump volume and pressure, carb float level too low, etc.
     
    Walt Couch, Feb 2, 2015
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  11. Feb 3, 2015
    B_hester

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    I'm beginning to believe it's air-fuel mixture problem but I'm no carburetor pro and have no clue what to do to fix it
     
    B_hester, Feb 3, 2015
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  12. May 23, 2021
    wheelie

    wheelie beeg dummy 2024 Sponsor 2023 Sponsor

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    Old thread here but I will awaken it from its slumber. I was searching about swapping in an HEI and came across this. Very interesting. So I checked 71 out and sure enough, mine is not right according to this thread. Then I remembered that the vac advance canister seemed to be a problem when I did this a billion years ago. Fan interference or something because of no fan spacer. At least that’s what think I recall. But I have an electric fan so maybe I should fix this after all these years. Maybe it will help wake up an engine that never performed the way I thought it should?????



     
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    wheelie, May 23, 2021
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  13. May 23, 2021
    Brislin06

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