Re: 1954 Deluxe Clipper 327 firing order on cap

Posted by HH56 On 2015/10/10 13:34:27

Here are some photos of an engine showing the basics. These photos are of an earlier engine but yours will have the essentially the same look or setup. Engines had variations so the shape of the vibration damper and pointer may be different but the instructions are the same. Instead of an actual pointer your engine may have a flat piece of metal with a straight line stamped across it which would be the indicator instead of a pointer. On others the edge of the flat portion directly above the degree line stamping is the indicator. The stamping on the vibration damper may be painted over and very faint so you may have to really look for them. Once you do find them then it helps to use a dab of paint or the chalk at the proper spot.

In following their instructions, for your engine you would set the pointer on the 6 degree BTDC mark instead of TDC. Closest hole in the cap above wherever the rotor lines up will be #1 hole and then rotate the dist so the rotor is under and points just open at that spot. You can make a test light by using an ordinary 6v bulb and wrapping a piece of wire around the base shell for one lead to connect to ground. You can either use another piece of wire to touch the end contact for the second lead or just touch the end of the bulb to the dist terminal. Wrap the base shell of the bulb with some tape leaving just the bottom button contact exposed so you don't accidentally short.

If you have one you can also use a volt ohm meter to determine when the points just open. You can use the volt scale with the leads between ground and the dist terminal in place of the bulb. When the points are closed it will read 0 volts and when the points open it will read 6v.

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