[grover805]

can someone help me....how do i find out the timming sprak plug wires , like where they go cus i was fixing my gear box and my friend took the wires off the sprak plugs and the next day i forgot which spark plug they go in .now my car doesnt turn on it keeps going " raaa raaa raaaa raaa raa raa " when i try turning it on.. if my spark plug wires are correct what else is wrong????/
also the like .40 or whatever....when you check the spark plug degree or whatever....what number should it be on a 289? someone told me it was .35 is that true?

[Tom]

Hey Grover I'm not real sure what you are asking but the fireing order for a 289 is 15426378 so turn the engine so the marks( 0) on the balencer(front lower pully)lines up with the mark on time tab, this sets the engine to fire either number one or number six, now put the wires on so the rotor in the distributor points to number one.the plugs are wired as follows,on the pass side front to back is 1 2 3 4 on the drivers side front to back is 5 6 7 8.now if the engine backfires then remove the cap and where the rotor is pointing will be number one,reset the wires sothe rotor is pointing towards number one,the distributor turns counterclockwise.plug gap for 289 is .034

[grover805]

yea u understood what i was trying to ask....ill go try it out thanks alot....ill give you an update and tell you what happened....

[grover805]

i did everthing you toldme to do and it dident work...i had a man told me that i needed a new timming chain now it sounds like it needs gas.. but it has some..... like RUUM RUUM RUUM RUUM RUUM....till the batterty dies.......

also when you told me to put the thing on the (0) there is no zero theres like this:

btc 10 tc 20 30 tdc

somthing like that


sorry im a novie when it comes to timming

[johnsongrass1]

the tc will suffice for youre timming mark, it stands for top dead center

[Tom]

check for spark,take off a wire, put a plug in it, lay it on the engine, turn it over see if it sparks.check the time chain,pull the distributor cap, turn the engine over,see if it turns.check for fuel,pour a little gas in carb,turn engine over,see if it pops.check for compression,take out the plugs,put your finger over a plug hole, see if pushes your finger off,or use a compression guage.all these things have to be there for the engine to start