Distributor hold down

[MyGMCSyclone]

Just want to know the best what to loosen the distributor hold down so I can set the timing? I do have a distributor wrench but just can’t get to it. Maybe I have the wrong wrench. Please help.

Thanks

 

[ghettosled]

long 1/4" extension with 9/16" 12 pnt universal wobble socket.

 

[MyGMCSyclone]

long 1/4" extension with 9/16" 12 pnt universal wobble socket.

Thanks ghettosled and i have one more question. I guess you get to it between the intake and distributor from the top?

 

[SeattleSy#1255]

i literally lay on top of the intake.

i have a "L" shaped socket i go in from the passenter side below the relays.

Straight down won't work due to fuel rail in way and shape on intake

Drivers side coil in way along with all the other junk.


All i can say is make sure the clamp is tight when your done, or the dissy will jump out of the oil pump driveshaft...don't ask how I know.

 

[ghettosled]

stand on the passenger side. Put the 1/4" drive on the DS of the cap, then slide it towards the middle b/t the fuel rail and the cap. The socket should be just below the bottom of the cap. Depending where your harness for the injectors is sitting, you may need to pull or pry with the extension to center it up. Spin the socket so that it is lined up with the bolt, and push down hard while turning. I suggest you put some tape around the extension and the socket, b/c it is likely to come off if you dont then you'll be fishing with a magnet.

 

[Maxtor]

A search will probably give you other options, but for me the easiest way is to first take off the cap/rotor to get access. Then purchase a 9/16", 1/4"-drive socket with a built in swivel (Craftsman sells them). Grind it down so it's just deep enough to fit the head of the bolt. When you get the bolt out, grind the head down which will help even more in the future.

 

[MyGMCSyclone]

Thanks guys. :tup:

Side note when ever I use the search feature it almost always give's me page can not be displayed.

 

[ghettosled]

A search will probably give you other options, but for me the easiest way is to first take off the cap/rotor to get access. Then purchase a 9/16", 1/4"-drive socket with a built in swivel (Craftsman sells them). Grind it down so it's just deep enough to fit the head of the bolt. When you get the bolt out, grind the head down which will help even more in the future.

this is what i was suggesting however you dont need to remove the cap/rotor or grind down on the socket. I have also tried hold down bolts with a 3/8" and 5/16" head which sometimes gives better clearance, however now its sits even further under the cap, and its harder to grab hold of just a corner like you can do with a 9/16"

 

[tbauer03]

i have just used a 9/16th distributor wrench. I just start on passenger side and come from behind the distributor so i am close to firewall. Tricky at first but u will get better the more u do it.

 

[SeattleSy#1255]

I say tranmission has to be close to the top of the list.

 

[kwick6]

http://www.syty.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=30965

The stock bolt is 3/8-16 X 1 1/8". So get a piece of 3/8 threaded rod + 3/8 nut and cut a piece 2 1/4" long , then you can get a deep socket on it so it just sticks up enough that you could leave a deep socket / swivels / extension on it while your making adjustments. That way you don't have to keep searching for it if you need to make several adjustments.

 

[MyGMCSyclone]

Thanks everybody for all the suggestions. :tup: I'll give them a try this weekend.

 

[93ty475]

i've been waiting for someone to say 9/16" combination wrench...that's the only way i do it now...tired of dropping and losing sockets...i access it from the driver's side...under fuel rail and use the 12 point side of the wrench...wrench parallel to the firewall....you get almost 1/4 turn at a time...i relocated my coil, mao sensor and lost the egr solenoid and bracket though...

 

[odium]

When the bolt is on there wicked-tight from never being adjusted before, the 1/4 turn won't work; at least it didn't for me.

I got a 1/4 socket on there, put a 1/4 swivel on that, then a 1/4 to 3/8 adapter, and finally an extension and wrench to break mine loose.

After that, I got a distributor tool to break/unbreak it from NAPA. I had originally destroyed three of the specialty wrenches before the swivel finally loosened it.

 

[93ty475]

the 1/4 turn won't work; at least it didn't for me.

i'm a pretty tough guy...

really, if it was that tight, the 1/4 inch square will twist right off into your socket... i won't doubt anything that didn't work for you, but it's the only thing that works for me....