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RE: [T3] Distributor Trouble Du Jour


> OK, we got the dizzy driveshaft installed in what appears to be the
> proper fashion, put everything back together, but now the rotor in the
> distributor keeps jumping. It seems like it's not locking properly into
> the offset grooves in the top of the driveshaft. Any clues, my brethren?

You probably don't have the distributor pushed all the way in.  Move the
motor to cyl#1.  Since your dist rotor is not going to line up properly with
the notch on the dist rim (the rotor's been jumping around) you can find
cyl#1 TDC position by pulling spark plug #1, sticking a pencil in the hole,
turning the motor by hand until you can see the piston has come up.  You
should also find the pulley mark lines up here, too.  Now you can look to
make sure the drive gear is oriented right and put the dist back in.  Might
take some fiddling until the dist drive tooth engages the slot in the drive
shaft.

-Mark Fuhriman

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