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Re: Distributor refitting question

To: <AHSprite78@aol.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Distributor refitting question
From: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:59:49 -0700
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Reply-to: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
It sounds like you are turning the whole distributor to line the shaft up
with the slots instead of just turning the shaft.

Larry Miller
http://www.ado13.com
Ever Wonder How Much Deeper The Ocean Would Be Without Sponges?









----- Original Message -----
From: <AHSprite78@aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:45 AM
Subject: Distributor refitting question


> Ok here's what's happening... rebuilt the engine last winter, when I went
to
> put the distributor back in it wouldn't line up right and would fit 180
> degrees off.  Finally I got it to go in the correct way, man what I pain.
> Well, now i've decided to go with an electronic ignition and managed to
drop
> a screw into the distributor.  So, unfortunately, I was forced to take the
> distributor out of the car once again.  Now, it won't go back in.  Same
thing
> as last time, it slides right into the slots but 180 degrees off.  What's
> goin on here???  After much fiddling the result has been me standing there
> trying to keep myself from just beating it with a hammer.  Any help would
be
> much appreciated.
>
> Matthew Smith
> '67 Sprite
>


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