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Re: distributor dog alignment

To: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins)
Subject: Re: distributor dog alignment
From: jello@dns.ida.net (Phil Bates)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:18:49 -0600
>> The easiest fix was to take the distributor and CAREFULLY engage the drive
>> dog in a bench vice. Take an appropriate sized drift and hammer out the
>> spring pin holding the dog in place just enough to disengage the dog. Turn
>> the dog around (180 degrees), line up the holes and hammer the spring pin
>> back in place.
>
>Actually, a far easier thing is to pull out the drive gear, rotate it to
>a desired setting, and drop it back into place.
>
>-- 
>
>Todd Mullins

Todd, you are correct, but you do need to take into account the amount of 
rotation the drive dog does when going in.  It is usually just enough to be 
really annoying.

Phil Bates
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