New Distributor! Help Installing Please :)

[m0nkeyprince]

My brand new remanufactered Hitachi OEM distributor arrived today!

For a manufactured drive, it looks brand new, with the OEM cap and rotor included, all for $211 which is a tremendous deal (every other online place charges 260 +60 core charge so 320 in total not even incliding shipping), and the price dropped to $201 the day after i bought it off amazon.

Now, installing is a whole other matter.

1. I do not know to get the engine to TDC, because I do not know which bolt is the crankshaft pulley bolt. Anybody have experience with this? TDC was so much easier when the engine was on the engine stand in auto tech class.;

2. The distributor is held down by one single bolt, which looks impossible to get to considering the angles and the hoses blocking the way.

Any help would be appreciated

[m0nkeyprince]

okay, so i got the TDC down

now the only problem is to remove that ONE bolt holding down the distributor, it's taunting me i swear

[m0nkeyprince]

lol the crank pully bolt is way bigger than 22 :p

anyways, i fixed it!!!

i installed the new distributor today, and i used a universal joint (i bought a 3 pack from sears) to reach the bolt.

This was a cool project, i learned alot, and now i got a new tool in my arsenal, the universal joints

The old distributor , when i turned it upside down, brown dust (looks like brake dust) fell out

Now this was almost impossible without some luck and research so I will create a how to guide for installing the distributor for any body in the future who needs it

Also, I am scared of driving my car now, every vibration, every little abnormal noise, and it freaks me out because i think somethings wrong this happens to anybody else?