Tips for a quality tune up job?
Champion
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 3,363
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From: ohio
take your time.
pull the cap with wires still on then line up the new cap next to the old cap then switch the wires one at a time.make sure then going into the same hole they came out of.
all the rest is easy,, sum times i start plug with a piece of rubber hose
pull the cap with wires still on then line up the new cap next to the old cap then switch the wires one at a time.make sure then going into the same hole they came out of.
all the rest is easy,, sum times i start plug with a piece of rubber hose
Captain
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 678
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From: Houston, TX
Just remember to replace everything on the high voltage side, which it looks like you are going to do. Also put a little dialectric grease on the wire end of each plug and disty cap terminal. It helps to get the plug wires on/off.
Also put anti-seize on the threads of the spark plugs.
Don't pull plug wires by the wire, only by the boot.
Route your plug wires like this:
http://dodgeram.info/tsb/1998/18-48-98/18-48-98-v8.htm
Don't pull plug wires by the wire, only by the boot.
Route your plug wires like this:
http://dodgeram.info/tsb/1998/18-48-98/18-48-98-v8.htm
Record Breaker
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,330
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From: TN
If you don't want to leave the wires attached when switching them, just look for the "1" on your distributor cap, and from there the wires go clockwise in the order of 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2. The passenger side engine bank is 2-4-6-8, and the driver side engine bank is 1-3-5-7, from front to back. And make sure you snap the rotor down good...someone on here had an issue with that once. It's easy to do...just take your time and do it right. Good luck...
And +1 on the grease...at the cap and plug ends...helps prevent corrosion.
And +1 on the grease...at the cap and plug ends...helps prevent corrosion.
Legend
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 7,843
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From: DFW, Texas
Pull one wire at a time, completely out of the truck.
The wires correspond with the cylinders. When looking at the engine from the radiator, the cylinders are numbered as such:
8 7
6 5
4 3
2 1
Match each wire's length with the length of a new wire in the box. Take masking tape and a sharpie and make a little flag on each end of the new wire (the plug side and distributor cap side) and write the number of the cylinder on that wire's flags. take that wire and plug it into the spark plug and run it thru the looms to the back of the engine. That way when your **** is hanging up in the air over the intake and your cursing Dodge for putting the disty in the back of the engine, your at least not fumbling for the correct wire. as mentioned above, use the firing order that is cast into the intake manifold at the top and start at the raised number 1 on the disty cap.
Make sure you have fully seated the rotor on the distributor shaft, but don't push down on the spring clip. There's a notch on the rotor that fits into a groove in the disty shaft.
The wires correspond with the cylinders. When looking at the engine from the radiator, the cylinders are numbered as such:
8 7
6 5
4 3
2 1
Match each wire's length with the length of a new wire in the box. Take masking tape and a sharpie and make a little flag on each end of the new wire (the plug side and distributor cap side) and write the number of the cylinder on that wire's flags. take that wire and plug it into the spark plug and run it thru the looms to the back of the engine. That way when your **** is hanging up in the air over the intake and your cursing Dodge for putting the disty in the back of the engine, your at least not fumbling for the correct wire. as mentioned above, use the firing order that is cast into the intake manifold at the top and start at the raised number 1 on the disty cap.
Make sure you have fully seated the rotor on the distributor shaft, but don't push down on the spring clip. There's a notch on the rotor that fits into a groove in the disty shaft.
