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Alstrup
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 Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 12:33 pm Post subject: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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I have been thinking of doing such a tutorial for a long time since this seems to be a well under rated thing within both this car brand and also others. Then I stumbled upon this guy. He does a pretty good explanation and tutorial, you just have to filter out that its a Ford LOL.
Anyway, grab a cuppa and sit down and learn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkMLNRARGUE
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bsairhead
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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| Yes, please do a tutorial as a lot of people do not understand that the distributor drive orientation does not matter unless you have retarded #3 distributor. |
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oprn
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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| bsairhead wrote: |
| a lot of people do not understand that the distributor drive orientation does not matter unless you have retarded #3 distributor. |
What about the oil lube hole orientation?
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RCP Phx
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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| bsairhead wrote: |
| Yes, please do a tutorial as a lot of people do not understand that the distributor drive orientation does not matter unless you have retarded #3 distributor. |
It doesn't matter either way as long as you keep the factory body mark as #1. |
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Dale M.
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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BEST procedure is to set it up same as factory, that way the smuck that buys your used/rebuilt engine does not spend hour or days on i-net trying to undo or figure out what you have done....
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BFB
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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| Dale M. wrote: |
| BEST procedure is to set it up same as factory, that way the smuck that buys your used/rebuilt engine does not spend hour or days on i-net trying to undo or figure out what you have done.... |
if someone needs to spend that much time trying to figure out a vw dizzy wire orientation then they’ll be on the net for days regardless….
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bsairhead
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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| oprn wrote: |
| bsairhead wrote: |
| a lot of people do not understand that the distributor drive orientation does not matter unless you have retarded #3 distributor. |
What about the oil lube hole orientation? |
Do all distributors have them? |
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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| bsairhead wrote: |
| oprn wrote: |
| bsairhead wrote: |
| a lot of people do not understand that the distributor drive orientation does not matter unless you have retarded #3 distributor. |
What about the oil lube hole orientation? |
Do all distributors have them? |
No.
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bsairhead
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor adjustment tutorial |
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| If a distributor has an oil hole does it need to line up with the case hole? |
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