help removing distributor

[Huw Powell]

mimyers at cableone.net wrote:
> 
> How do you remove the distributor on an 89 200TQ?  Drill out the oversize rivet?  When you put it back together, does the bracket over the nut need to go back on?  If so, how?

I cut through the plate/bracket thing on my 90, same setup.  then
replaced the clamp with one that never had the rivet.

You're not supposed to tinker with the timing on CISE3 systems (knock
sensor does it for you), that's why the dist. nut is "tamper-proofed"
and the timing is set at 12 degrees BTDC at idle.

But of course you can remove the plate, the nut and the dist. if you
want or need to.  Just put it back right when you're done unles you know
what you're doing and are careful.  

I set my 90 at about 16 degrees for grins, I of course don't know what
I'm doing and I'm not careful... though I did replace the knock sensor
(which was a cracked broken mess) with a used one the other day after
hearing that good ole "coffee can of bolts" noise under a full load...
oops!

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Huw Powell

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