roule

Active Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #1

Hi,
My RRC vogue SE has very less power, i checked the ignition wires and find 1/4/6/3 instead of 2/4/6/8 on right side, and 8/2/5/7 instead 1/3/5/7 on left side ??
I wonder what 's the problem...should i change the wires ?

 

kermit_rr

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Full Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #2

If i were you, I'd take the leads off and start again then you know it's right. Leads could be put on wrong, labelled up wrong etc
Have you just bought it? Had it always been a problem?

 

brianp38dse

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• Apr 19, 2020

• #3

None of those numbers look right according to this
https://www.roverparts.com/Techtips/Firing-Order-and-Ignition-Cable-Routing.cfm

 

R

Ratae

Well-Known Member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #4

Your numbering of the cylinders - odds on the left & evens on the right viewed from the driver's seat facing forwards - is correct.
The firing order is 1 8 4 3 6 5 7 2.
https://www.roverparts.com/Techtips/Firing-Order-and-Ignition-Cable-Routing.cfm (brian beat me to it!)
To avoid any doubt remove the left hand rocker cover & No1 spark plug - the front cylinder on the left bank. Using a long rod of suitable diameter in the plughole turn the engine by hand in its normal direction of rotation until No1 has both valves closed and the piston is at Top Dead Centre.
The lead position that the rotor is now pointing at is No1 & the rest are numbered from there.
Leads are a service item. Avoid leads touching to prevent crossfiring.

 

roule

Active Member

• Today at 07:39

• #5

Setting back the distributor after engine rebuilt : TCD ok, the oil pump notch is pointing 10 to 4 to match with the distributor, the rotor is pointing at about 5 o clock but the cap shows the number 8 (near the clip) and not number one ...??
Does it matter where on the distributor cap you start, as long as the order is correct?
Should i move all the wires over one position counter clockwise ?

 

Last edited: Today at 07:50

kermit_rr

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• Today at 10:12

• #6

Yes it matters. In so much as it needs to line up where the rotor is..
When both valves on #1 are closed and the piston is almost at top dead centre, wherever the rotor is pointing, that's where#1 lead needs to be. Work the rest out from there

 

Rangieman123

Well-Known Member

• Today at 10:23

• #7

While you have your distributor cap off, make sure your bobweight mechanism for ignition advance is free and working. If its seized or partially seized it will cost you horsepower.

 

roule

Active Member

• Today at 11:10

• #8

kermit_rr said:

Yes it matters. In so much as it needs to line up where the rotor is..
When both valves on #1 are closed and the piston is almost at top dead centre, wherever the rotor is pointing, that's where#1 lead needs to be. Work the rest out from there

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OK so I should move all the wires over one position counter clockwise...

 

kermit_rr

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• Today at 11:38

• #9

roule said:

OK so I should move all the wires over one position counter clockwise...

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If that's where the rotor is pointing on the compression stroke, yes