The marked # 1 position on the distributor cap faces to the rear and slightly towards the drivers side ( kind of pointing at the # 7 engine cylinder ) -firewall- # 4 - # 8 # 3 - # 7 # 2 - # 6 # 1 - # 5 ---front---
The engine number is on the engine block below the distributor.
Align the rotor with the number one position on the distributor cap, then with the engine at TDC insert the distributor. There may be a mark on the outside of the distributor to help.
The distributor cap should have the number 1 marked on it. The distributor cap is installed with the # 1 position facing the engine , slightly towards the drivers side of the engine
What car, what year, what engine?
The number 1 cylinder is located at the front left of the engine block while FACING the engine. Follow the spark plug wire to the distributor a POW there it is.
The marked # 1 position on the distributor cap faces AWAY from the engine
Yes the rotor should be pointing to the #1 cylinder when you are installing the distributor.
That would depend on what vehicle it is in : Back in the 1970's , the Pontiac Firebird 455 - # 1 on the distributor cap faced to the rear and slightly towards the drivers side ( distributor at rear of engine ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Oldsmobile 455 - # 1 on the distributor cap faced to the front and slightly towards the drivers side ( distributor at rear of engine ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Buick 455 - # 1 on the distributor cap faced to the front and slightly towards the passenger side ( distributor at front of engine ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more information please - what year , model ?
Need to know what engine it has.
# 1 position on the distributor cap faces to the REAR and slightly towards the drivers side Maybe, or any one of the other 7 spots. A distributor can be put in several different spots as far as which point on the distributor is number 1. If you have not had the distributor out of the engine, take number one plug out and hold your finger over the hole and crank the engine by hand until you feel the compression building. Watch the crank shaft pulley for the timing mark and when it gets to the pointer, that is number 1. Look under the distributor cap to see which one the rotor is pointing at.
rotor should point at number 1 plug lead when engine is at tdc make a mark with whiteout ,on outside of distributor before you remove distributor cap. make this mark where the #1 spark plug lead would be if distributor cap was on distributor when you remove cap this is where rotor needs to be pointing
The number one plug is the one on the drivers side front of the engine. Therefore the plug wire connected to that plug is number 1 and where it connects to the distributor is the number 1 position on the distributor. If you have removed all the plug wires then you will have to remove the spark plugs, turn the engine over until the number 1 cylinder is at top dead center (TDC) on the compressions stroke. Once it is at TDC then the rotor inside the distributor will be pointing to the number 1 position.