Expert: Roger J.M. Warrington - 1/26/2006

Question
I have a 1993 305 CID Chevy Caprice Classic that just quit running one night.  We towed it to my father in law's house for my husband and father in law to work on.  They were checking for spark to see if the distributor went bad and moved the spark plug wires around.  Now they can't remember where the #1 spot is on the distributor.  I have searched all over the internet for a diagram or an understandable explaination as to how to figure out where #1 is but they are all so confusing.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  We are going back down to work on it 1/28/06.  Thanks.

Answer
Hi Linda;
  Why did they do that..well  the drivers side is the no# 1-3-5-7- and pass side  is 2-4-6-8- and as far as the no# 1 on the cap it is hard to tell by e-mail but it is in the 11:00 area on the cap. or you can bring the engine up to the TDC on the timeing mark. and  the rotor - should be on the 1 or 180deg. off   and if 180 off  just go to the other side. and that will be # 1 ..if you try and follow the no1  plug wire from the 31 plug it will take you to it if that was not touched.