[T3] New up date
Keith Park
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Tue Jan 1 07:19:53 PST 2013
I use one of those really powerful Cobalt such and such Magnets.
Keith
Sounds like you're right about moving the dist drive shaft one tooth
CW. I have a large heavy duty snap ring pliers that I've always used
in the slot at the top, but there's also a special tool that expands
in that central hole to pull it out. Either will work. It's a
slightly helical gear, so you'll need to rotate it CCW slightly as it
comes up. You don't usually have to take the gear all the way out.
Just pull it up far enough that you can rotate it while feeling that
tooth and then wiggle it back down.
There are 12 teeth on that gear, so you will have to rotate it 30 deg
to make up 1 tooth. Take a good look at the position before you start
and then again once it's back down.
One more thing: DO NOT turn the engine over by any means until you
get the distributor reinstalled. If you MUST turn the crank with the
dist out, turn it BACKWARDS.
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