Distributor install on 85 RX7
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Distributor install on 85 RX7
I'm new to the rotary world. I got a new rebuilt 13b engine and I want to install the distributor in properly! How do I do so? Can anyone help?
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welcome to the board.
1. spin the engine to TDC
2. align the dot/dimple/divot on the distributor gear with the tab on the shaft
3. install the distributor with the adjustment section centered (or as close to center as you can) over the locking bolt-hole. [i usually put a stud in the hole so you can lock it with a nut - like the Gen II engines]
4. connect the wiring
you should probably get yourself a shop manual. the factory ones are available for free download, so there's no excuse not to have one.
1. spin the engine to TDC
2. align the dot/dimple/divot on the distributor gear with the tab on the shaft
3. install the distributor with the adjustment section centered (or as close to center as you can) over the locking bolt-hole. [i usually put a stud in the hole so you can lock it with a nut - like the Gen II engines]
4. connect the wiring
you should probably get yourself a shop manual. the factory ones are available for free download, so there's no excuse not to have one.
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as i said, there are other ways to locate TDC, but the pulley - while not necessarily the MOST accurate - is by far the simplest.
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Thank you, I can check it that way. Also if I check by pulling a plug, which I would think maybe the forward top plug and turn the engine till I feel air being pushed out of that plug hole and see if those markings line up. Right?
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