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91toyindiana · 11-02-2004, 05:44 PM

i recently had a new distributor installed and when i picked it up it was totally out of time.. and my friend looked at it and said its prob not installed right..like off a gear or two when installed.. how can i take this out and reinstall myself from scratch to get this back in time.. thanks.

Rycam · 11-02-2004, 06:57 PM

A distributor can be installed a bunch of times, and STILL not be right. Take an OLD distributor cap and cut/drill an inspection hole in the #1 position. Punching out the metal terminal first will help.

Line up the crank @ 0 degrees on the #1 compression stroke, install the distributor, and ensure the rotor and #1 cap tower are directly over each other.

I had a similar problem after a HG replacement, and this process worked perfect! Total cost:$0.00

91toyindiana · 11-02-2004, 10:14 PM

well im kinda ignorant as far as how to do the compression stroke and 0 deg...but understand the rotor and number 1 ...but i can learn easily wiht little help. i know basics as far as cars but i really even never understoon top dead center either

91toyindiana · 11-03-2004, 06:04 PM

ok i brought it in and had the timing checked.. and it runs much better but it still has a problem..its on time but still backfires out of exhaust little..and misses out.. it didnt do this before the distributor went out.. only after i replaced it.. and it has new cap ,button, wires n plugs..and timing was set.. and a different distributor was put in..not sure what else to do.. one thing i was wondering could the distributor been put in wrong like on the wrong gear.tooth or whatever but still be in time.. would there be any difference.. just wondering...but i would like to fix this but it gets expensive trying to fix simple things like this..