I have a 1974 Travel Queen RV which is mounted on the chassis of a
Dodge Sportsman, 360 V-8 engine, 2-barrel carb.
It has been running fairly well, except for the poor gas mileage
(around 7.5). There is some occasional misfiring and backfiring.
I decided to replace the spark plug wires to try to improve this. With
new spark plug wires, I didn't hear any misfiring or backfiring, I
just ran it for a few minutes.
Then I replaced the distributor cap and rotor. Should be simple,
right? But cylinder 1 was NOT marked on the old cap, and in moving the
wires over, more than one fell off at a time.
Not a problem, I thought. I have the shop manual, all that info is in
there. The cylinder numbers are clearly shown, and the firing order is
1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 on the V8 engines. I labelled all the wires, and
hooked them up in that order, going clockwise from #1 (the manual says
that the distributor on the 360 engine rotates clockwise). Pin 1 is
well-labelled in the new cap.
But it doesn't start, just cranks. It used to start up pretty well. So
what's the problem? Anyone have any ideas?
Robert
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