[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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