Hi. My 327 is all out of whack. I known what the firing order is, but does anyone have a diagram that shows which is which on the cap? Im not sure if its out of time because I got wires crossed or what at the cap. Does the distributor turn clock wise or counter clockwise? Now she back fires and the engine shakes really bad when trying to start. I think the previous owner had the plug wires crossed. I replaced them, one at a time. Getting fire and getting gas. Any help would be great. I cant open pdf's for some reason so any images need to be jpegs. Thanks

Very good. Thank you very much. Messing with any distrutor has always scared me a bit. Always afraid I will screw things up. I ordered new points and condenser from kanter a few hours ago. Hopefully this will get her started. Thank you again.

Well, I'll be the first to admit it. I'm an idiot. I figured out how to remove the points. What does this cam arm do? Do I adjust both screws to set the points when on number one cylinder?

Ok. Put in new plugs and wires, new coil also. Checked the points and they look shot, condenser also. Tried to remove points but only one screw would come out, the other has a cam motion and won't come out. I took the top plate off and out. Do I replace just the points somehow or does new points come with this plate? I know this sounds rather far fetched, but I have never seen points I can't remove. Any thoughts?

I will double check those. I put in new plugs and wires and the new coil last night, now it doesnt enen pop or backfire, it just turns over. What about the timing gear and chain? Can they just suddenly go out? How hard is that to replace?

Thank you for the suggestions. Yes, someone replaced the original battery cables. They appear to be 0 or 00, new and clean. My car is still original 6 volt, so coil will be good now. Thanks. Even with a brand new battery it cranks pretty slow, or at least to me. Should it crank really fast?

Hi. I have a 54 Packard Clipper Deluxe with a 327. I bought the car a few weeks ago, and when I went to look at it, it started and ran. I bought it and got 3 miles down the road and the fuel pump went out. Since I got it home I have replaced the fuel pump, carb, battery,voltage relay, starter solenoid, fuel lines, plugs, wires and points condenser,cap and rotor button.
Now it turns over, tries to start, pops and splitters, but just not firing up. I bought a new coil today, since the car still had the original, and it has a + and- on it. The original I took off does not have those. My question is, which side should the wire going to the points go? + or- ? Also, which is the number one cylinder? The one closest to the fan? If I don't get it running soon I might just sell it and stick to Ford's.lol. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it very much.

Well, good news. One gas line fitting, just one was only finger tight, and I assume it was sucking air, because after I tightend it up the pump started working fine! Now I have a nearly dead battery from all the cranking. Lol. She almost fired up before the battery got too low. After it charges we should be good to go. Thank you all so much for the help. It's the little things that kick my butt on a car sometimes. Thanks again, and I hope to meet you all someday.

Thank you for the information, I will check each of those right now. I appreciate all the help.

Thanks for the reply. Fuel pump is bolted on, without fuel lines attached you can put fingers over the inlets and feel it suck and pump when cranking the motor. When I hook the fuel lines up to it, no fuel is being pumped in or out. Just to double check it might have a clogged fuel line between the tank and pump, I have attached a rubber gas line with another filter into a 5 gallon can of fresh gas, still no luck. I am at my wits end.