Firing order 1-3-4-2 Dist cap. 4-1-2-3 this awnser is unknown. WITH A DISTRIBUTOR, A 2.4L (4G64), THE FIRING ORDER IS 1-3-4-2 AND THE PLUG ORDER ON HEAD (FROM FRONT) IS 4-3-2-1. THE DISTRIBUTOR ORDER IS 2-3-4-1 AND IS COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION.
Remove # 1 Spark Plug Rotate Engine Until #1 Is At Top Dead Center. Both Exh & Intake Valves Closed. Remove Cap, Check Rotor Button. It Will Be Pointing Where # One Goes. If You Are Not This Far Into A Problem. The Number One Cylinder Is The First One On Your Right Facing The Engine. Follow The Wire This Is Where It Is In The Cap.
There should be a # 1 mark on the distributor cap The distributor cap is installed with the # 1 position facing the engine , slightly towards drivers side The distributor rotor rotates COUNTER CLOCKWISE and the spark plug firing order is ( 1 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 6 - 3 - 7 - 8 )
The # 1 position faces to the REAR and slightly towards the drivers side on the Ford 400 cubic inch V8 engine distributor cap
# 1 piston is on the driver's side front plug. Turn the engine over until that piston is at top dead center, (TDC) on the compression stroke. Now look inside the distributor. The rotor will be pointing at #1. At about 11 o' clock on the distibutor. www.boxwrench.com NEW ANSWER: The first answer is right, and if the Distributor is in correctly when you look stright down on the cap #1 will be at 5oclock on the cap.
Front righthand side of cap
It is at the rear of the engine and has the plug wires coming out of it.
The distributor cap is located where the spark plugs cables are connected .They go from the motor to the distributor cap.
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Follow the plug wires and they will go to the distributor cap.
It's the distributor rotor that you are looking for & it's under the distributor cap. Remove the distributor cap and there you will find the rotor.
to the left of cap wiring plug ins one space.
The distributor cap is located on the top of the distributor on a 1996 Sunfire. It is connected to the spark plugs via a wire.
The distributor cap on a 96 gmc sonoma is located on the top of the engine towards the back, behind the throttle body next to the firewall.
where is number one on a vortex 4.3 v-6 distributor cap
The marked # 1 position on the distributor cap faces towards the REAR
On Dodges, the the first(front) drivers side cylinder(spark plug) is the number one. So if you follow that wire to the distributor cap you will have the number one position. this should work for big and small block motors