Jag workshop manual diagram clearly shows R/H bank a, L/H bank b, with firing order starting at 1a..
Shouldn't the L/H bank which is the most foward, be bank a, making cylinder 1 left front??
Any help much appreciated
Chris

 

And cylinder #1 on the 3.8 and 4.2 E-Type engine is at the rear.
Manufacturers can do whatever they want. THEY MADE IT!!!!!!!!!
Just go with it and accept the numbering.

bob gauff

 

And except what is is from who? Search results come back with conflicting results. Some say this, some say that, which doesn't really answer my initial question.. I can always pull a plug, crank it over and find it that way I guess

 

You need to thing English, remember they drive on the right hand side. Your book is correct number 1 is r/front or our pass side front.

 

It's irrelevant what side the steering wheel is on, L/H is left, R/H is right..
It's a simple question. Lining the timing mark up should relate to the first cylinder being TDC. Which is Left front, yes, no.. Lol

 

As I said in the PM some time ago.

It is what it is, and a "double six" is what it is, soooo, bank "A" as we have it, was maybe the prime "bank", and the "B" was siamesed into it, and the engineering logic meant little in the mid '60's.

Pulling a plug to confirm what it is will put your mind at rest, and do no harm anyway.

I gave up loooong ago trying to analyse why any manufacturer did what they did, and just enjoyed the car on the day. If it bugged me that much I got rid of it.

Time for a drink me thinks.

 

Thanks for your time everyone , think you are right about the drink Grant.

 

The number 1A is the right front. Sorry that you didn't appreciate my humor.