When I bought my Fairlane, all the ignition wires were way too long and laying on the manifolds, some burned.
I removed them and then removed the distributor cap, making note on the firewall where the rotor faced so I'd remember to put everything back together properly. Then I removed the distributor for rebuilding. So far so good.
Holidays arrived and nothing got accomplished. Grandson stayed with us awhile and wanted to help with the car, so I had him clean and sand the firewall for paint (see where this is going?).
Well, it wasn't until I had finished the painting that I remembered that the mark is now GONE.
In the interim, I bought new wires and the original type of wire routing hardware. I will next get some wire numbers once I start assembling this mess.
OK, now, here's the question:
How did the wires orient in the CAP when new (where was number 1)? My cap is unmarked.
To assemble this stuff, I'll begin by installing the wires (correctly, I hope) on each plug and then work my way back thru the wire holders, then to the distributor.
I can figure out the distributor to TDC.
Any suggestions?
Sorry for the long drawn out stuff
Jim