Peugeot 205 (1983 - 1997) - 91 1.6 Ignition leads problem

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Fri 10 Apr 2009 00:21
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - Loft
Dear all, thank you for taking anytime on this but i need a bit of help as other sources are not proving helpful! This evening i went to change my friends dizzy cap, rotor and leads on my he's h reg 1.6 peugot 205 gti! I asked him to just undo the cap from head but he proceeded to take off the cables off aswell, i could do with a bit of help getting them back on in order, especially and more importantly which one for the coil lead.... on the cap you have 2 points on top, 2 on bottom and one in the middle-a five star shape-i guess and know that it would be quite hard to explain by mail but if anyone can help me along on this drama iam having on a bank holiday too..............................!!!
Thank you forum!!

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 10/04/2009 at 01:18

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Fri 10 Apr 2009 01:22
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - Dynamic Dave
Coil lead (or king lead to give it it's proper name) will be the one in the middle of the cap.

The rest of the firing order will be 1-3-4-2. If you set piston No.1 (which is next to the cambelt end of the engine) at top dead centre and then look to see where the rotor arm is pointing, this is lead No.1. Establish which way the rotor arm rotates and you should be able to work out where the other 3 leads go.

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 10/04/2009 at 01:23

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Fri 10 Apr 2009 13:56
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - jc2
Weren't some Peugeot numbered from the flywheel end??
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Fri 10 Apr 2009 15:45
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - Loft
Unfortunately there is no numbers on the end, 205 gti??
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Fri 10 Apr 2009 15:53
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - Loft
Thanks for the help here, very useful info...great to know that the main ignition coil/king lead is the centre one...thats one down four to go..... so maybe another question...if the cap(dislerai,brown,with pins) is on the end of the block would the number one be the one closest to widscreen or number one be the one closest to the slam panel?? and the same again on the bottle two??...i presume 1 + 3 is the upper two?? and 4 + 2 is the lower ones?? Thanks dynamic dave and all on here.....what a website!
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Fri 10 Apr 2009 20:30
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - Andrew-T
Loft - if you still can't get it sorted, say so, and I will have a look under the bonnet of mine and give you more details ...
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Mon 13 Apr 2009 14:27
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - Loft
Andrew sir..............that would be very very helpful of you to look at yours especially if you have the same said car, still have'nt got it sorted as a different friend has proved useful for whos car it is, sorry for the long reply back on this thread so i hope you pick it up. Thanks for your help again all!
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Mon 13 Apr 2009 14:28
91 1.6 Ignition leads problem - Loft
Should have been... un-useful... in my last message!
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