need help: timing/wires on lp400 1976

i took apart all my caps,rotors,wires.....got mixed up with the wires...caps have no #'s on them.... cant figure out what goes where ...spent hours today !

anyone have a car that can talk to me over the telephone and walk me through their wires and where they go on the caps ?

would be very appreciated.

 

if anyone has a car , they can walk me through it and it will take 5 minutes.... or maybe a digital picture of each cap.... then let me know to where each wire out of the car goes to ...on each bank....

help !!!!!!!!!

 

they were removed ....at some point....
my new caps dont have #'s on them...
do you have a picture of a cap with the #'s on them ?
do you own a lp 400 ? if you do, can you take 5 min and walk me through the firing order and where the wires go to ?

 

i am basically in a sh..ty situation !

we tried quickly to locate the marks on the flywheel but maybe i need to clean it do we can read the markings....couldnt see any markings....dirt must be covering the markings...

but, we got the tdc on cyl #1 and # 7 ( which is the 1st behind the back glass on the rt side when standing in the back of the motor...

now, all i need is the correct firing order for each distrbutor...as they turn counter clockwise.....

after i get all the wires in the correct slots on the caps, i can start dealing with the timings etc...

do you have a good closeup picture of the caps with the #'s on them ?

 

HERE IS AN EASIER WAY TO HELP ME GUYS !!

if someone can compare to their car and tell me for example :

LETTER A-L caps go to which cyl # 1-12 on my drawing of the 2 heads , i will be set and ready to install all wires correctly .. then i can install the distributors back correctly using tdc for 1 and 7 ......but i can t start anything until i get the wires in order with the correct firing order and location...i got till now 2 difference orders from 2 different people..very confusing....


A- GOES TO CYL #
B- GOES TO CYL #
C- GOES TO CYL #
D- GOES TO CYL #
E- GOES TO CYL #
F- GOES TO CYL #
G- GOES TO CYL #
H- GOES TO CYL #
I- GOES TO CYL #
J- GOES TO CYL #
K- GOES TO CYL #
L- GOES TO CYL #
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this is my plan...just need to get the wires in their correct spot b4 it goes to the mechanic monday for fluids and timing,carb ajust fine tuning etc....

the confusion occured when new wires were getting re-installed on the caps...right and left cap mixed....then all went south ! no stress but hoping to get all the wires/caps back in and send her off monday for the finishing touches .....

 

what i need will take 5 -10 min. from someone here that has a car in view....then i am done and ready to go...

 

how many degrees diff between distributor a and b ?

 

great news... thanks to all....

got her running....all is back in place in the engine bay.... she ran for 45 min at idle ....warmed up well...no leaks.... lt bank is well set up ...timing is near perfect...right bank pings a little ...timing is off.. my mechanic will ajust that 2moro ....do brake fluids... and that is all ! i hope... she needs some fine tune on the carbs i think...as she runs very rich .will have him fine tune as much as possible... the carbs were apart and all done..btw, 1-5-3-6-2-4- is the correct #'s ... the other one i got 1-7- ..... was for a single distributor motor... we now know ! cleaned it up this afternoon ...everyone had a great sunday at work ! (rare for us ) ....

that was a nice exercise ... deadlines can really put a strain on people...trucker wants the car in boston by tuesday..... i will do as much as is humanly possible..then she goes .. the next owner if it sells can finalise the few details to get her perfecto... she is a original car with lots of work put into it....shows very well for a driver condition... very well documented.... I AM NOW HAPPY WITH IT ...

thanks you everybody for the quick assistance....

 

does it make sense that my left rad is at a much lower temperature (my left side runs great and it perfectly timed and ajusted) than the right side (rt side pings and timing is off,+ runs rich) ???

i figured the rt side runs rich with bad timing, so obviously runs hot.... that same side rad being much warmer than the other side ? is that normal ???

i used a laser temp gage to monitor everything not depending on the gages !

 

now, that makes real sense...! thanks...

we are having a hard time finding the marks on the flywheel to set the timings ....flywheel is a little dirty or has light surface corrosion...what is the best way to find the marks ? how do you clean it ?

what marks do we look for when timing the distributors ? i see the round opening with an arrow ...i can see the teeth of the flywheel , then maybe a little over a 1/4 inch of flat surface...i assume that on that flat surface is the markings to time the distributors ?