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Ok thanks for the advice. My old distributor didnt have a vaccum advance and the new one does so what do i need to do about that. Michael >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] installing a distributor help >Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:37:18 EST > >Hi Michael, >As long as you know the distributors are compatible, first mark the wires >and >their position on the cap.Pull off the vacuum advance hose if there is one. >Next, pull the cap and mark where the rotor is pointing and then reference >the body of the distributor to somewhere on the car. Pull out the >distributor >slowly so you don't move the oil pump tab. When reinstalling the >distributor, >turn the rotor a little more counterclockwise from your mark. When you >install the distributor and the dist. gear engages with the cam gear it >will >rotate slightly clockwise. When it's all the way it it will seat flush to >the >intake face. If it's off one toothe one way or the other in refernce to the >cam and oil pump tab it wall not seat all the way flush. Line your housing >mark up and swap your plug wires and your ready to go. Oh, tighten down the >distributor. If everything lines up, you probably won't need to re-time the >car. You may want to re-check it anyway. Good luck. > >Mark _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
