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Old 03-12-2014, 01:03 PM   #95
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Re: Taking the Door lock out 1959

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Originally Posted by gale View Post

It's not imperative but it is a good idea to take the distributor cap off and make a crude little sketch (or a cell phone photo) of which direction the distributor rotor is pointing. This will speed up putting it back together if you don't turn the motor over while the distributor is on the bench.
When pulling the dist I always get the motor to #1 Top Dead Center on compression stroke with timing marks on zero. I mark on the housing where the rotor is pointing like you suggested.
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