adrian76

I think I may have messed something up. I recently did a tune up on my car and during the process of changing the rotor is where my problem started. My rotor was VERY difficult to come off. I should have took that as a sign to leave it alone, but being the hard-charger I am I continued. While forcing the rotor off, I heard some clicking (almost like gears) from the distributor. I wrote it off, but when I was done I checked the timing and needless to say it was off. Way off. I made adjustments and was able to get it back to stock 10 BTDC. I previously had it at 15 BTDC, now I notice a slight hesitation in the low RPM ranges. I back-probed the distributor to check the voltages and it checks out.
My question is...How do I start from scratch with the timing on the car, and should I replace the distributor anyway (the replacement rotor when on pretty rough, so I know it's going to be a bitch to get off!)? I've watched the Horsepower TV episodes and seen how they put piston 1 to TDC the insert distributor. Can I do that with my GA16? I know it's alot to swallow, but any help is appreciated.

James

Well are you sure you moved the rotor when you tried removing it? Do you get any pinging on hard acceleration?

If you can set #1 to TDC on the compression stroke, the rotor on the distributor should also be centered on the #1 post...

(someone check if I'm right, I've never made this mistake before so never had to do it! )

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adrian76

Thanks, I'll try that.... I'm sure I moved it.

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