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dmiller 08-13-2012 20:23:21 208.80.181.166 Report to Moderator	Just checking Order is 1234, 1 is cyl closest to drivers seat? Cap is set so that 1 is the furthest forward (right next to the oil breather) then they go clockwise from there?? Still nothing but one cough on a backfire after about 30 sec. of cranking. Was spraying ether into the air inlet on carb to get the cough.Took Carb off and cleaned it out. Had gas to the carb a week ago when I was messing with it, now it is out of gas (only put in about 1/2 gal), there's still gas there but apparently not enough to get over the fuel line screen. Compression seems OK, just checked with finger over the spark plug hole. [Reply]   [No Email]
wisbaker 08-13-2012 22:35:52 207.118.162.204 Report to Moderator	Re: Firing order on Ford 4 cyl (600 gas) in reply to dmiller, 08-13-2012 20:23:21   Okay this is really basic 99.99% of the time #1 cylinder is the front one nearest the radiator. You're dealing with a tractor that is 50 years old or so, a lot has happened in all those years and I bet the distributor being removed is one of them. Back in the day (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) Tractor and cars were a lot simpler and folks working on them took advantage of that. Remember this is a tractor, it was bought by someone so it could do things for them that helped them make money so they could eat and buy the kids shoes and there were no CORRECT POLICE. If it was stupid, but worked it wasn't stupid. Consider the basic knowledge the distributor turns at 1/2 the speed of the crankshaft or for every two revolutions of the crankshaft the distributor goes around once. The technique for timing darn thing might of very well went something like turn the engine over until #1 cylinder is at top dead center (TDC) Compression, remember when the mark on the flywheel or crank pulley lines up #1 is at TDC of the compression OR exhaust stroke this is why you have to figure out because if you got the mark lined up you're right on or 180 degrees off. Once you establish TDC Compression you twist the distributor so the rotor is pointing at a distributor tower- that's now #1, then you figure our which way the distributor turns and attach wires with respect to rotation and firing order. Many distributors had a tang to drive them so if the engine internals are assembled right the distributor is right or 180 degrees off and some folks would just change the wire positions on the distributor rather than pulling the distributor and re installing it. [Reply]  [No Email]
old 08-13-2012 21:16:04 209.86.226.40 Report to Moderator	Re: Firing order on Ford 4 cyl (600 gas) in reply to dmiller, 08-13-2012 20:23:21   Front to back of the tractor as in radiator end to seat end the cylinders are 1,2,3,4 and yes the firing order is 1,2,4,3 and depending on who did what to the distributor any of the 4 nipple can be #1. This rule holds true to about 99% of any straight in line type engine [Reply]  [No Email]
fordtractorpro 08-13-2012 20:43:39 71.236.76.193 Report to Moderator	Re: Firing order on Ford 4 cyl (600 gas) in reply to dmiller, 08-13-2012 20:23:21   firing order is 1243 number one is the first cylinder by the radiator. The cap should be number 1 away from the block. ONLY true way to know where number 1 is run it up to TDC on compression stroke and set it that way. Because you can jump the wires around on the cap and it won't be right on number 1 and still run. [Reply]  [No Email]