Case W7 loader engine A284.

I bought a old loader and someone pulled all the plug wires off. It s a 4 cylinder case engine A284. The firing order is on the block but where is number one on distributor? Also I keep reading that number one cylinder is the one by radiator and others say it s by the cab. If anybody has a old diagram of cylinders and plug wire locations for this old case W7 loader I have I would love a peek. I have the service manual and that s pretty vague as far as distributor goes. It s a 196? Tractor. That s all I have. Any help would be great at this point.
Thanks
 
Were the wires pulled before or after you bought it? Did you hear it run before the wires were pulled?

On many distributors # 1 wire could be any place around the distributor as when the distributor is pulled it may have gotten turned and installed in a different spot over the years. Just like your car # 1 is nearest the radiator. To find where the rotor lines up with # 1 now, pull #1 plug out and ground the coil wire. Mark the outside housing of the distributor in line with the plug wire posts. Take the distributor cap off so you can see the rotor turn. Make sure the gearbox is in neutral. While you hold a finger tightly over the #1 plug hole and bump the starter (or have someone bump it for you). You are feeling for the compression to build, it should push your finger away. When it pushes your finger away look at which mark on the outside of the distributor housing the rotor points at. That should be where # 1 belongs (if you went by and the pressure dropped of it before the rotor stopped, put it in the hole the rotor just went by. Your firing order starts from there and goes the same direction the rotor was turning. Reassemble and it should work, if no one screwed with the distributor.
 
I never heard it run. I took a chance on this one. I whole tractor was going to the scrap yard so I got it for scrap price. I have it firing a little. Its close but no cigar.
 

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