Classic/Antique Car Repair/Plug Wire Diagram

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Expert: - 2/28/2009


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Hello there. I am currently restoring a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (6.6L 400 V8 4spd-man). I Just bough new spark plugs, plug wires, and distributor cap. I am fairly sure I put them back together correctly, but I was wondering if you knew the order or had a plug wire schematic or something of that sort?

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Check the following article. It has a good step by step description for making sure that the plug wiring is correct. Using a diagram to place the wire in the distributor cap depends on some one not removing and replacing the distributor and not getting it aligned as the factory installed it. Follow the steps in the article and you will be golden.
Brad
http://www.pontiacstreetperformance.com/PP/rockers.html

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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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