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Anonymous Posted on Jan 16, 2013

I have a 1985 Chevy 350 with an ac delco hei distributor and i have the plug wires crossed up somewhere. I need a diagram to show the correct plug wire placement please. Thanks

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This should do it.
You can also do an internet search for a standard 350 Chevy engine.
The firing order is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2
The order is the same for engines from the mid 1990s back to the late 1970s.

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Mitchell Baughman

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  • Posted on Dec 26, 2009

SOURCE: i need to see a diagram showing the cap on a hei

55a2f3f.jpg Here ya go.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 06, 2009

SOURCE: got spark plug wires crossed,need diagram

Hope this helps, couldn't find diagram.

Firing order 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 --------------- | 2 4 6 8 | | | front | ----- | | | 8 || | | 1 4 || of | |2 3|| | | 7 6 || | | 5 || vehicle | ----- | | | | 1 3 5 7 | --------------- Distributor rotates clockwise

SCOTT OCONNOR

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  • Posted on Aug 31, 2008

SOURCE: need wireing diagram to change 72 nova over to hei distributor

Hey , just take the positive wire from the coil you are removing and feed it to the + terminal on the HEI dist. cap.the other terminal under there is for your tachometer. If you are mounting a master kill switch in the bumper for drag racing- attatch the kill wire to the tach terminal also.
Thats it you just plug the three wire pigtail from the dist. base(pickup) to the cap and you are off.
Remember firing order is 18436572 in a clockwise direction. to find #1 remove #1 plug and have someone"bump" the engine over while holding your finger over the hole-carefull. then line up the slotted mark on the crank pulley with the big notch on the timing indicator. Good luck

Dennis Boxerman

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  • Posted on Mar 06, 2009

SOURCE: 1990 chevy 350 distributor wiring diagram and firing order

The firing order is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2.
The distributor rotates in a clockwise direction. The engine must be on the compression stroke on the #1 cylinder. Line up the timing marks. Remove the cap and the rotor should be pointing to approximately the 5 o'clock position.

Good Luck

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 07, 2009

SOURCE: wiring an hei distributor

You shouldn't need a spark box because thee coil is located in the dist. cap. You need to run a 12v switched power source to the side of the dist. cap that is marked dist. if it isn't maked it is the term. that is on the front right of the conector pad. the one on the left is for hooking up a tach.

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