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Veeder · 12-20-2021, 07:40 PM

I've become pretty good at taking off the distributor and reinstalling in but always struggled just a bit getting the bolts started ,gasket in place and cam aliened properly......
I decided to try to make some guide pins out of orange fiberglass rod and cutting each about 3 inches long (think of half a pencil). Buy inserting one in each of the three holes they stuck out nicely allowing good viability to slide the distributor over them and then one at a time remove the pin replace it with the bolt. Making sure the cam is lined up with the distributor properly.
Just thought I would pass it along it really helped.

12-20-2021, 07:40 PM	#1
Veeder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: CT Posts: 409	DISTRIBUTOR GUIDE PINS (Helmet and Crab style) I've become pretty good at taking off the distributor and reinstalling in but always struggled just a bit getting the bolts started ,gasket in place and cam aliened properly...... I decided to try to make some guide pins out of orange fiberglass rod and cutting each about 3 inches long (think of half a pencil). Buy inserting one in each of the three holes they stuck out nicely allowing good viability to slide the distributor over them and then one at a time remove the pin replace it with the bolt. Making sure the cam is lined up with the distributor properly. Just thought I would pass it along it really helped.