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Maintenance and repairs: How to Install Your Chevy Distributor
How to Install Your Chevy Distributor
Article by Lars Grimsrud
Colorado Corvette Crazies (CCC)
The Ultimate Corvette Tuning & Beer Drinking Fraternity
Lafayette, CO
Overview
A distributor can actually be dropped into a block in virtually any orientation and made to function by re-arranging the spark plug wires to match the installation. You will see this approach to distributor installation quite frequently, and it is a sure-fire tip-off that the engine builder/distributor installer didn?t have a clue about how to do the job right.
GM always installed the distributor in a specific orientation, and always used the same distributor cap ?tower? for the #1 spark plug. By following this procedure, your distributor will be installed in the correct factory position for a professional appearance.
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