you should be able to rotate the distributor housing relative to the
engine without any problems as long as you also rotate the positions
of the wires to make sure that the rotor fires the right cylinder at
the right time. i did this on my spitfire and it worked out fine.
--- "GIBSON,PETE (A-England,ex1)" <pete_gibson@agilent.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm the process of putting my car back together and noticed that
> the
> distributor was in a position such that the plastic elbow on the
> vacuum pipe
> fouls with the alternator/ generator. The distributor position
> hasn't
> changed from when I took it off but if the engine needs to be
> re-timing it
> will have to be moved, as the parts clash this won't be easy. Is
> there a way
> of rotating the distributor out of the way so that the timing isn't
> changed?
> Please excuse my ignorance on the subject, I'm still learning...
>
> I looked at other peoples pictures of engines and noted the
> position of
> their distributors of which the majority seem to be angled well
> away from
> the alternator which makes me wonder why my one is so different.
>
> Any ideas,
> Pete.
>
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> 1976 Spitfire 1500
> Body off restoration and hopefully soon to be a fair weather driver
> ###################################################################
>
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nikolai jaremka
72 spitfire mkIV
east aurora, new york
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