XJLI
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Re: THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
right on. i'll just order one online, i have no junkyard options. and yea, the ear broke off.. i couldnt find the right word to describe it. you guys didnt put the motor to TDC or anything? just replace it in the same orientation as you pulled it out?
I did that to red jeep when I first bought it and tuned it up, broke the whole ear off the distributor. I pulled like 8 out of the junkyard and kept the one with the least play. I just played attention the where the rotor was pointing, pulled old one, and put new one in so it was pointed the same way. Easy cheesy.
Not too bad, buy a new gasket for it. The worst part is getting it retimed, if it's a tooth off it'll run like shit, just mark exactly which direction the rotor pointed before removing it. The teeth are spiral cut on the drive gear so it'll turn a bit as you install it, it may take a few tries to figure out which is the right tooth.
Try heating the aluminum around the screw with a propane torch and twisting the stub of the bolt out with vise grips first, though. I've never seen one with nutserts so I'm guessing one of the screws sheared off?
right on. i'll just order one online, i have no junkyard options. and yea, the ear broke off.. i couldnt find the right word to describe it. you guys didnt put the motor to TDC or anything? just replace it in the same orientation as you pulled it out?