Help!! 740 GLE distributor firing order

[Jesse]

I have a 740 GLE that i just changed the plugs and wires on. While
doing it i was distracted by talking to my neighbor and like an idiot
i pulled off all of the wires without noting the proper location of
each wire on the distributor cap.
I know that the firing order is 1-3-4-2 but i don't know how what
ports on the distributor cap correspond with what number. The cap is
not a typical round one, it faces the passenger compartment and the
ports all come off of the side that faces up and are arranged in a row
rather than in a circle. I also know that the cylinders are numbered
1-4 starting with the one closest to the fan.
Does anyone have one of these that could tell me the order that the
wires come out of the distributor? My Haynes repair manual is useless
in this respect.
Please help to save me from my own stupidity!

 

[Randy G.]

I have a 740 GLE that i just changed the plugs and wires on. While
doing it i was distracted by talking to my neighbor and like an idiot
i pulled off all of the wires without noting the proper location of
each wire on the distributor cap.
I know that the firing order is 1-3-4-2 but i don't know how what
ports on the distributor cap correspond with what number. The cap is
not a typical round one, it faces the passenger compartment and the
ports all come off of the side that faces up and are arranged in a row
rather than in a circle. I also know that the cylinders are numbered
1-4 starting with the one closest to the fan.
Does anyone have one of these that could tell me the order that the
wires come out of the distributor? My Haynes repair manual is useless
in this respect.
Please help to save me from my own stupidity!

I am sure someone will assist you shortly, but for situations like
this I keep a bottle of liquid paper in the garage (the pen type with
the wetal applicator works best). It makes it really easy to mark
these sorts of things- one dot for the first wire, two for the second,
etc. Did the same thing when replacing the vac lines on the '83 Blazer
(what a nightmare that was!). TIP: for tall cars like that, let the
air out of the front tires to bmake it easier to get into the engine
compartment. HINT#2- make sure you have a compressor first.
__ __
Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvo
'93 960 Estate

 

[G Klein]

Order In Cap From right to left looking at the cap
4132
Glenn

--
"*-344-*Never Forgotten"
Is for the New York City Firemen who lost their lives on September 11,2001.
The official count is 343, but there was also a volunteer who lost his life
aiding in the initial rescue efforts. And I will never forget them as long
as I live,
nor should any American.
"Mow Green"

 

[James Sweet]

I have a 740 GLE that i just changed the plugs and wires on. While
doing it i was distracted by talking to my neighbor and like an idiot
i pulled off all of the wires without noting the proper location of
each wire on the distributor cap.
I know that the firing order is 1-3-4-2 but i don't know how what
ports on the distributor cap correspond with what number. The cap is
not a typical round one, it faces the passenger compartment and the
ports all come off of the side that faces up and are arranged in a row
rather than in a circle. I also know that the cylinders are numbered
1-4 starting with the one closest to the fan.
Does anyone have one of these that could tell me the order that the
wires come out of the distributor? My Haynes repair manual is useless
in this respect.
Please help to save me from my own stupidity!

I did the same thing, ended up pulling the cap off and looking at the
inside, you can see the ridges where the wires run from the contact points
to the plug sockets.

 

[Jesse]

I did the same thing, ended up pulling the cap off and looking at the
inside, you can see the ridges where the wires run from the contact points
to the plug sockets.

Thanks for the replies. I thought about pulling off the distributor,
then realized i didn't have a small 1/4 drive socket set that would
get into the tight space. I ended up searching the internet and found
a site that listed the order. it is 4-3-1-2 from L to R. I had
originally tried 4-2-1-3 because that is what one book said. 2 out of
4 isn't bad right ?
Won't make that mistake again...