HudsonMC Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 I've got a distributor from a 79 200sx ready to go, but do not have the pedestal to allow it to bolt up. I have several pedestals for points distributors, but they do not fit onto the EI distributor. Let me know. Thanks guys. Link to comment
DanielC Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I have a matchbox distributor in a stock L-16 pedestal. The problem was the plate that bolts to the pedestal, and the bottom of the distributor. Because the Matchbox distributor is larger, the plate will not bolt to the distributor. Here is a picture of two distributor plates, one modified to fit the matchbox distributor. The one on the left is modified to fit a matchbox distributor. All I did was cut the tab that has the slotted hole for the distributor bolt, using a 1/32 abrasive cutoff wheel. Then I clamped the two pieces down, with a piece of 1/16 gas welding rod to fill the gap, and gas (ox-acetylene) it back together. Here are two distributor plates stacked on top of each other so you can easily see the difference. After doing that, I had to reindex the oil pump drive spindle. If you want details on that, PM me. Link to comment
HudsonMC Posted March 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 I appreciate the thorough write up, but I have the matching adjuster plate. The larger distributor won't fit through the smaller diameter pedestal. Did you enlarge the hole in the pedestal too? Why was reindexing the oil pump necessary? Link to comment
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