It should be at a 4 or 5 Oclock position as you are standing in front of the motor.it normally points between cylinder #5 and #7. That is the normal position. If you choose that lug and make sure the next wire goes to #8 then #4 #3 #6 #5 #7 #2 tou should be in the ball park and should be able to time it from there.
get a set of new plug wires for it that are pre-cut for the car and then replace 1 wire at a time.
Could be a bad plug, wire or coil.
To find where number one spark plug wire connects to the distributor, remove the distriutor cap and set number one piston at Top Dead Center (TDC). At TDC, the rotor should be pointing to where number one spark plug wire connects.
The number #1 plug is the forward-most plug on the left (driver's) side. Trace that wire back to the cap and you've got your answer.
The marked # 1 position on the distributor cap faces to the FRONT
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what is the plug wire placement on the distributor cap of a1996 gmc 4.3 v6?
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It has to face the same place it was when it was removed.
Front left of the cap
Goes to driver's side bank at very front-follow the wire
On Dodges, the the first(front) drivers side cylinder(spark plug) is the number one. So if you follow that wire to the distributor cap you will have the number one position. this should work for big and small block motors