It isn't necessary to open the engine or turn it over.
Remove the distributor and then remove the drive dog pin at the lower
end of the dizzy shaft by moving the springlike retainer wire from
above the pin. Rotate the drive dog 180 degrees and replace the pin
and the wire. Replace the distributor and relocate the wires where
you wanted them in the first place.
When you look at the drive dog you will notice that the flat drive
part is offset and can only fit in the shaft one way.
Removing the dizzy and rotating the engine would not benefit you.
Stan
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At 10:05 AM 10/19/2007, nmleeds@mindspring.com wrote:
>When my roadster ('69 U20, primer white) is running right its like
>Dallas, when it isn't I think of it as the Young the Restless or
>General Hospital.
>
>Well now I'm in an episode of As the Distributor Turns and I thought
>I ask for some suggestions.
>
>Here's my problem. I'm a bonehead and when I installed my
>distributor I installed in 180 degrees off. To date, I've solved
>this problem by routing the number one spark plug on the distributor
>to the number four spark plug and the #2 to #3 and vis versa (or
>something like that). Mechanically/electrically this has solved the
>problem. But the cosmetics have left somthing to be desired -- an
>ugly tangle of spark plug wires leaping over eachother to find their
>right place on the engine.
>
>My partner in Datsun crime has suggested that we pull off the timing
>covers, remove the timing chains and rotate the jack-shaft. This
>seems excessive. Is there any easier way? 1) rotating the camshaft
>180 degrees? 2) pulling the distributor, rotating the engine once on
>the crank, and dropping the distributor back in? Other ideas?
>
>Nathaniel Leeds
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