Suggest you go to www.saabclub.org/ - the owners' club can answer all these questions and point you to reliable workshops and help with buying/selling parts and cars - Saab owners are particularly keen e.g. I have 2 SAABs in the USA and 3 in the UK Good Luck! N.B. the firing order is 1-3-4-2 but without the proper workshop manual I won't say any more! You want the Bentley 16-valve manual; see http://www.bentleypublishers.com/saab/index.htm
1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2 same as the firing order
4.3? Follow the spark plug wires from the spark plugs, they will lead you right to the distributor.
1 3 4 2 clockwise from bottom left
Are you wanting to know the order of the wires on the engine or the distributer cap?
From you question I'm guessing you have a 1.5 Ltr. motor. The spark plug wires at the distributor(stand at the passenger fender and look straight at the distributor) are: bottom left - 1, top left - 3, top right - 4, bottom right - 2,. The spark plug wires on the motor (standing in front of the car) are: from left to right: 4,3,2,1.
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mixed spark plug wires
The cap and rotor would not be the problem as they are installed in preset position. Therefore the problem lies in one of two other possibilites: (1) SPARK PLUGS: Did you check the gap on the spark plugs? New spark plugs do not always come pre-gapped and it is always a good idea to check them. Spark plugs that are not gapped correctly will "miss" or "skip" and not give good performance. (2) WIRING: When you changed the plug wires, did you ensure you bought the right wires for your application? If the wires are not the right ones, you will get a "miss" or a "skip". Another problem would be the routing of the wires from the plug to the distributor. Did you remove all wires at once and maybe crossed up the order that they fit back on the distributor? Are the wires fit snuggly on the spark plug and the distributor cap?
The spark plug wires fire in the 1, 3, 4, 2 order on the 1991 Mercury Topaz GS 2.3 engine. This is the most common engine type for this vehicle.Ê
(This is from the 91 Caprice service manual for the HEI ignition system) Looking at the distributor cap from the front of the engine bay, and running clockwise around the cap from about the 1 o'clock position, the wire numbering is: 3,6,5,7,2,1,8,4
you remove the wires that are going to the distributor and look where the distributor meets the intake there is a little plate the rests against the distributor and it has a bolt in it remove that and pull distributor up and out and u have to remove wires that go to the plugs as well
Clean the battery terminals, posts, and check the battery for electrolyte compound. Duzzy_06@yahoo.com did you make sure to connect your hot wire back to the distributor cap If you had no spark before,,,,check the map sensor.