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My Dads New Car/1985 Silverspur Rolls Royce

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My Dad has aquired a new machine from florida..its a 1985 Rolls Royce Silverspur 8 cyl.Its got a miss in one of the cylinders on the drivers side.Wet plug.Other than buying a $200 u.s manual he's looking for the firing order to make sure its right.The people he got it from in Florida(then brought back to Ontario Canada)have had a turn at fixing it so who knows what was right..Please help...it would make a great fathers day gift to get it running right..Thanks..Patrick...
 
Hi Patrick and welcome to the forum. Hopefully someone will be able to help. I'm going to move your post to the "Other British Cars" forum (the forum help forum is for asking questions about how to do things on the forum)

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patrick said:
My Dad has aquired a new machine from florida..its a 1985 Rolls Royce Silverspur 8 cyl.Its got a miss in one of the cylinders on the drivers side.Wet plug.Other than buying a $200 u.s manual he's looking for the firing order to make sure its right.The people he got it from in Florida(then brought back to Ontario Canada)have had a turn at fixing it so who knows what was right..Please help...it would make a great fathers day gift to get it running right..Thanks..Patrick...
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sounds great - we need pics. BTW, where is Ontario are you?
 
The "A" bank is on right when viewed from the driver's seat, the firing order is (or should be IIRC): A1 B1 A4 B4 B2 A3 B3 A2

Make sure the wires are in good condition and not touching each other or the engine someplace. Start it after dark and watch for "lightning" under the hood. :wink:
 
Yes that is the V8 where as DOC shows the cylinders are numbered 1 through 4 on each bamk. I vaguely remember that the ignition wires arerun in a conduit and the spark can be jumping around in there not absolutely sure.--Keoke
 
Yup. Metal shrouds were the order of the day, Keoke. Most of those are likely deep-sixed by now. If not, the wires HAVE to be in EXCELLENT condition.

And Dale: By 1985 even Mr. Rolls and Mr. Royce had gone to negative earth. :wink:
 
Patrick? Did the Rollie get straightened out??!?!
 
I guess this was a "drive-by posting".

feh.

...remind me not to seriously answer next time. :jester:
 
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