"Pete C." wrote:
>Dan Abel wrote:
>>
>> Our little car wasn't working right. My wife said she'd take a look.
>> Well, that sounded useless, but OK. What harm could she do?
>>
>> Later she says it doesn't work at all. I asked her what she did.
>> Pulled all the wires out of the distributor. Did she put them back?
>> Yes. In the right order? Didn't know. Did it matter? Yes.
>
>> What to
>> do next? Call the tow truck!
>
>Nope, read the manual, find the correct firing order and put them back
>correctly. No tow truck required, just the intelligence to read and
>learn, something that seems to be sorely lacking in recent generations.

The typical automobile owners manual won't show the proper ignition
wire order... one would need the repair/tune-up manual, but one can
probably find the info on line.

On late model vehicals they're almost always numbered from the
factory... of course if one replaces ignition wires and/or ignition
cap it behooves to number them. Normal brained people would have
marked everything *before* removing the wires (even numbering a piece
of masking tape works for temporary). I color code wire, hydraulic
line connections, etc. with colored zip ties... if you have more
connections than different colors just double them up... available at
many hardware/autoparts/electronics stores (Radio Shack):
http://www.9thtee.com/zipties.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-7-5-Inc...7313041&sr=8-1