Hi Dan- I have a quick question - I just screwed up the spark plug wire order on my '59 318 and don’t know what the firing order is from the engine. If I am sitting in the car facing forward and looking down on the engine is the plug order:
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
or is it:
1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8
I’m thinking it’s the second – in other words, one head is 1-4, the other is 5-8. Correct?
John also says:
I am still looking for a passenger side front fender Spear trim piece. They seem to be as rare as hens teeth.
Can anyone help John out? He has a SF – I think it’s the tip piece he’s looking for.
So John, when are you sending pix to put in the Showcase?!
Matthew, does “from front off engine” mean, standing in front, facing engine? I always dislke the manual’s use of left vs. right – I think they should use driver’s side or passenger’s side…
Because it’s a service manual i think they mean you should see it when you stand in front of the engine. So that would make left => PS and right => DS
There’s nothing else about it in the manual
I think you determine left side and right side as if sitting in drivers seat, not standing in front facing engine. I read this somewhere but of course can’t remember where. But I’ve always thought this was the case.
I always thought that too but in this case I think they mean when you stand in front of it.
I guess the front of the engine is where that flywheel (or what is it?) is
Ok, back to left vs right. I dug out my cardboard reference of wiring placement which I made when I detailed my engine. I had all wires laying on bench so wanted to make sure I put them back in correct order in which I removed them. (#1 wire going to #1@ distributor, etc) According to my chart - sitting in drivers seat - left bank (drivers side) of engine (front to rear) is 1 3 5 7 and right bank (pass side) front to rear is 2 4 6 8. I have an old “Motor” Manual and they describe it as - Cylinder numbering (font to rear): left bank 1-3-5-7 and right bank 2-4-6-8. This cylinder numbering, by the way, applies to the 361 engine also. I too see that the Ply Manual states “from front of engine” . Kinda confusing. After all this typing I just found a picture. Will try and send it.
