Re: 1952 300 not starting

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/6/17 12:43:40

The car can be made to run properly with the distributor in any rotational position at all, as long as the sequence of the plug wires is correct and keyed to the rotor position. I'd suggest you go back to basics and check this out.

Pull the distributor cap and crank the engine over briefly to determine the direction of rotation of the rotor. Then pull #1 spark plug and crank the engine until #1 cylinder is at TDC on the compression stroke (put you finger over the plug hole to determine which upstroke is compression). Then look at the position of the rotor, #1 spark plug wire should be over the rotor, and the balance of them should be in firing order sequence in the direction of rotor rotation. Firing order 1-6-2-5-8-3-7-4.