Ford Distributorless Ignition System PDF Installation Manual

INSTALL COIL PACK Using the plastic template provided, mount the coil pack. Choose a location as close to the original coil mounting as possible. DO NOT mount the coil on the exhaust side of the engine.

SETTING PRELIMINARY TIMING
Refer to Figure 1. Insert the plug (15) on the wire harness (18) into the socket (16) on top of the Compu-Tronix distributor. The plug will only go into the socket one way. DO NOT connect the plug (23), on the other end of the wire harness, to the coil pack at this time. With the ignition switch off, the gear shift in neutral and the emergency brake set, rotate the engine until the timing mark is about 12º BTDC. It does not matter whether Cylinder #1 or Cylinder #4 is on the compression stroke.
1. Connect the ignition switch wire (the one that was removed from the positive coil terminal) to the red wire (22), in the wire harness. (This wire has an insulated male spade terminal on it.)
2. Turn the ignition switch ON.
3. The LED static timing light (19), in the top of the Compu-Tronix Distributor, may be on or off. If it is off, slowly rotate the distributor counterclockwise until the LED just turns on.

This is the point at which #1 cylinder will fire. If the LED is initially on, rotate the distributor clockwise until the LED turns off. The distributor may need to be rotated up to 120° for the LED to turn off. Then slowly rotate the distributor counterclockwise until the LED just turns back on. This is the point at which #1 cylinder will fire. TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF. The timing is now set with about 10º initial advance. This will allow for the engine to be started so the timing can be set. NOTE: There are two correct settings for the distributor that are 180º apart. You may choose either position to get the connector in the top of the distributor located in the most desirable location. If you decide to rotate the distributor 180º, repeat the steps for preliminary timing above.

INSTALL SPARK PLUG WIRES Refer to Figure 1. There are two long spark plug wires and two shorter ones in the spark plug wire set supplied. The two long wires go to cylinders #1 and #4. The two shorter wires go to cylinders #2 and #3. The cylinder designations for the Ford 2.3 L engine are shown in Figure 1.

The cylinder designations, for the connections of the spark plug wires to the Coil Pack are molded into the coil pack case at the bottom of the high voltage towers. Install the spark plug wires to the spark plugs and coil pack. The best procedure is to install one wire completely from the spark plug to the coil pack. Then go on to the next wire. Make sure all wires are fully seated on the spark plugs and coil pack terminals.

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