Editing Crank Angle Sensor (section)

==Removing The Distributor==

Remove the airbox snorkel.  Remove the intake piping between AFM and crossover pipe.  Pull all the leads off the distributor (the cylinder numbers are marked on the distributor).  Remove the CAS plug (you need to flick the wire clip out of the way).  Remove the earth wire clip next the the CAS plug.  Remove the power transistor plug (left of distributor body).

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Remove the distributor cover.  This rotor is facing TDC for cylinder 6, if it were facing the opposite direction it would be TDC for cylinder 1, anyway it probably won't be lined up correctly when you take it off.  When you do have it lined up, take a photo for reference later.

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So you have to move the engine (either by moving the car when in 5th gear, or cranking the motor) to TDC before you pull off the distributor.  The point of this is to have a reference for when it goes back together, because it's not keyed.  If you could guarantee the engine wouldn't be moved in the interim, you wouldn't necessarily need to do this, but if someone cranked the engine by accident, this gives you a fighting chance at realigning everything.  Take the negative lead off the battery anyway.  (If you did have to find TDC again, there are a few ways to distinguish between TDC cylinder 1 & TDC cylinder 6.  One is to take cylinder 1's sparkplug out, and put your finger in the hole.  Your finger will be pushed out on the compression stroke as you pull the car forward, then you know it's TDC cylinder 1.  Another way is take the top timing cover off and make sure the dowel on the cam gear is facing straight up.)

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Also scribe a line where your current base timing is.  Even if you are putting a new distributor back on, you can copy this to the new one to get a timing reference.

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Undo the bolt and pull it out.  You can see the drive gear on the left.  Because the gears are helix cut, the rotor will turn as the distributor comes off, so when you reinsert it, you have to reverse it a little, so that it finishes in the correct position.  (Apparently there's a mark on the drive gear that lines up with a mark on the distributor to show the right start alignment, but I missed it.)  A photo of the correct position before you take it off is helpful.

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