Check out my 427 Side Oiler barn find!

Bill Harris · 01-01-2010, 03:24 PM

If the engine rotated backwards, so would the distributor. The plug wiring in the pictures indicates that the distributor on that engine is rotating counter-clockwise, which is the same direction as a car engine, so it doesn't look like a reverse rotation to me.

Adger Smith · 01-01-2010, 03:40 PM

Bill,
The counter rotating engines I have worked on have the same dist rotation. The gear on the cam is ground different and it still turns the oil pump and dist the correct way.

Bill Harris · 01-01-2010, 03:48 PM

I stand corrected. I could see where a different cam and distributor gear could maintain the same rotation. I didn't think about the ramifications to the oil pump!

Pat Cook · 01-01-2010, 04:44 PM

I knew a garage that installed a marine starter on an old Ford dump truck with a FE engine and then the engine would not start, they worked on that truck for a long time until somebody notice the engine was turning the wrong direction when they were cranking it,,,,,,,,,,,

01-01-2010, 03:24 PM	#1
Bill Harris Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ooltewah, TN Posts: 421 Likes: 13 Liked 26 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Check out my 427 Side Oiler barn find! If the engine rotated backwards, so would the distributor. The plug wiring in the pictures indicates that the distributor on that engine is rotating counter-clockwise, which is the same direction as a car engine, so it doesn't look like a reverse rotation to me. __________________ Bill Harris ex 2172 STK ex 2272 S/S

01-01-2010, 03:40 PM	#2
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,446 Likes: 575 Liked 880 Times in 311 Posts	Re: Check out my 427 Side Oiler barn find! Bill, The counter rotating engines I have worked on have the same dist rotation. The gear on the cam is ground different and it still turns the oil pump and dist the correct way. __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS)

01-01-2010, 03:48 PM	#3
Bill Harris Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ooltewah, TN Posts: 421 Likes: 13 Liked 26 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Check out my 427 Side Oiler barn find! I stand corrected. I could see where a different cam and distributor gear could maintain the same rotation. I didn't think about the ramifications to the oil pump! __________________ Bill Harris ex 2172 STK ex 2272 S/S

01-01-2010, 04:44 PM	#4
Pat Cook Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 175 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Check out my 427 Side Oiler barn find! I knew a garage that installed a marine starter on an old Ford dump truck with a FE engine and then the engine would not start, they worked on that truck for a long time until somebody notice the engine was turning the wrong direction when they were cranking it,,,,,,,,,,, __________________ 67 Ford Fairlane F/SA 749