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.
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.
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 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?
Front left of the cap
It has to face the same place it was when it was removed.
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Goes to driver's side bank at very front-follow the wire
The distributor takes the electrical output from the coil and sends it to the spark plug. The rotor is the device that transfers the electricity from the coil wire to the spark plug wire.