- Install or connect the following:
- New distributor housing O-ring and lubricate with clean oil
- Distributor in the engine, matchmarks aligned
- Hold-down nut
- Distributor harness connectors
- Distributor cap
- Coil wire, if removed
- Negative battery cable
- Adjust the ignition timing and tighten the hold-down nut to 96 inch lbs.
(11 Nm).
- Install a new distributor housing O-ring and lubricate with clean oil.
- Position the engine so the No. 1 piston is at TDC of its compression stroke
and the mark on the vibration damper is aligned with 0 on
the timing indicator.
- Align the distributor housing and gear mating marks. Install the distributor
in the engine so the slot or groove of the distributor's installation flange
aligns with the distributor installation stud in the engine block. Be sure
the distributor is fully seated. Inspect alignment of the distributor rotor
making sure the rotor is aligned with the position of the No. 1 ignition wire
in the distributor cap.
- Install or connect the following:
- Hold-down nut
- Distributor harness connectors
- Distributor cap
- Negative battery cable
- Adjust the ignition timing and tighten the hold-down nut to 96 inch lbs.
(11 Nm).