 Changing/replacing the distributor, Who's done it? |
 Aug 31, 2011 - 2:31 PM
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I did a seach and found nothing.
Has anyone here had to change the distributor? My car needs a distributor, and the dealer wants 800 parts and labour, so I really don't want to go that route. Is this something that can easily be done on my own, with no special tools? Is it possible to really mess up the timing from replacing the distributor? or is it something really simple to do? Any help you guys can offer would be great. -------------------- -Protection mode, For when your amp tries to blow its load. 1995 Toyota Celica GTS - Daily Driver 1999 Chevy Cavalier - Winter Beater 1994 Honda Civic CX Hatchback - Dead My Celica! |
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Aug 31, 2011 - 4:42 PM
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From my experience, not really. But it never hurts to make sure!
But, as you can see from this included pic (not mine) that I pulled from good ol Google, its pretty much impossible to align the distributor the wrong way....I suggest the timing light to make sure your timing is at base (or whatever it is that you had it at, I run mine at 15 degrees advance)  This post has been edited by Spider77: Aug 31, 2011 - 4:47 PM |
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jordisonjr Changing/replacing the distributor Aug 31, 2011 - 2:31 PM
matts94celica This thread is in wrong spot, move to engine maint... Aug 31, 2011 - 2:58 PM Spider77 While swapping out the distributor isnt that hard ... Aug 31, 2011 - 3:10 PM jordisonjr Matts94celica: Distributor is electrical, didn... Aug 31, 2011 - 3:23 PM stephen_lee He has an OBDI GT, there are 2 slotted bolt holes.... Aug 31, 2011 - 4:58 PM Spider77 I've got an OBDI and had no issues whatsoever,... Aug 31, 2011 - 5:02 PM stephen_lee when the bolts are loose the whole dizzy will rota... Aug 31, 2011 - 5:07 PM Spider77 Nah, its the same. Difference in the Cali/Fed spe... Aug 31, 2011 - 5:24 PM trdproven general way is to remove the old one and put in th... Aug 31, 2011 - 8:17 PM jordisonjr Yea I figured it wouldn't be difficult to pysi... Sep 1, 2011 - 11:15 AM
rave2n QUOTE (jordisonjr @ Sep 1, 2011 - 11... Sep 23, 2011 - 8:02 AM rave2n I just marked its location, and put the new one id... Sep 1, 2011 - 1:37 PM jordisonjr What exactly did you mark? is it visable in that p... Sep 1, 2011 - 3:14 PM xrav22 QUOTE (jordisonjr @ Sep 1, 2011 - 4... Sep 4, 2011 - 6:03 PM trdproven when I don't have a timing light i just guess ... Sep 22, 2011 - 10:06 PM jordisonjr Awesome.
Probably gunna tackle this tonight, hopef... Sep 23, 2011 - 11:11 AM |
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