Matthew,
OK, I see what you are talking about now. It looks line Gary either
changed the way he adapted the distributor, or there is more than one
design for the distributor from Nissan. It looks like what would be
the point plate in a standard distributor is rotated around. Since you
don't have vacuum advance, the plate should be fixed in the housing.
Either way, I think it is something Gary will have to either take care
of, or tell you how to fix.
Is there a reason you can't just put the distributor in and crank it
around until the timing is correct? It may be that the plug wire
connections on the cap won't be anywhere close to where they need to
be once the spark timing is set correctly.
Peace,
Pat
Matthew A. Smith wrote:
> Hi Friends,
>
> As you may have seen, I have problems with my EI Distributor. Leigh Brooks
> sent me a pic of his at TDC, advanced 20 degrees (thanks again Leigh). I
> took a picture of mine pointing to TDC. If you look at the pictures on
> either of the links below, you'll see that the "points" on the stator and
> rotor are approx 50 degrees apart. This is why my car tries to run 30
> degrees retarded with it installed. Now I know the problem. It appears that
> the part around the outside (stator?) is in a different orientation in the
> distributor body in mine than it is in Leigh's. I'd sure like some input
> about how to deal with this situation. I tried loosening the 3 screws but it
> doesn't turn.
>
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