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Offline rt rag

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distributor swap
« on: July 10, 2010 - 10:51:20 AM »
I tried to change my distributor with an msd and ran into a few problems. The new one would not line up in the same position as the old one. When I put the old one back in, the car won't start. Any ideas on what to do to get the car running again




Offline ireland383

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Re: distributor swap
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2010 - 01:14:01 PM »
Did you make note of which plug the rotor was pointing at? If not try spinning it 180 around then try it.
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Offline MEK-Dangerfield

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Re: distributor swap
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2010 - 07:38:36 PM »
Did you make note of which plug the rotor was pointing at? If not try spinning it 180 around then try it.

    :iagree:

It's easy to put the distributor back in 180* out of phase.    :banghead:

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