DO NOT RUN THE CAR UNTIL THE PLUGS ARE IN THE RIGHT ORDER, YOU WILL KILL YOUR ENGINE IN NO TIME.
Number one cylinder is the sparkplug hole on the right hand side of the engine as you look at it. So If i was to write on the sparkplug holes their relevent numbers as you look a the engine, it would look like this 4-3-2-1.
When the engine runs ,these cylinders fire in a sequence which is 1-3-4-2.
The distributor is the object you took the leads off on the left hand side of the engine bay. The dizzy's internals spin ANTI-clockwise... you have four lead sockets on the dizzy cap (not inlcuding the one in the middle)
As you look at the engine wire the HT leads in this order:
sparkplug 1 to dizzy socket on top right
sparkplug 2 to dizzy socket on bottom right
sparkplug 3 to dizzy socket on top left
sparkplug 4 to dizzy socket on bottom left
that's off the top of my head os i'm sorry if i made some mistakes... someone correct me if i'm wrong and if it's an arse to understand lol!!!! (it confuses me!)
Did you fill the carb dashpot (the bit you took off) with engine oil?
P.S> (did i get the dizzy bit right?) it's been a while since i looked at a mini with an engine in lol
Edited by Retro_10s, 02 January 2007 - 03:30 PM.