[200q20v] Distributer Replacement

[Wolff]

Having heard a horror story about bent valves after a distributer
replacement I thought I'd get some collective list wisdom about doing the
swap. I went to change my 100k+ mile rotor and discovered that the axle of
my distributer has about a centimeter of up and down play. This can't be
good. I have stopped driving the car. I have a new distributer and should
have an alignment tool as soon as the back order is filled. How do I change
change the dist? (FWIW I have the skill to do all my own TB changes)
Thanks,
Wolff
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