No, it's easy. Well, it would be easy if the bolts were at all accessible.
The trick is NOT to undo the distributor clamping bolt -- this loses your
timing, and repeated overtightening of this bolt is frequently causes a
fatal crack in the distributor base. Instead, undo the two bolts that hold
the clamp to the block. This will require a slim, short-handled wrench, or
some combination of flexible couplings and a socket -- the access is not
very good. But I still find it easier to set the points accurately with the
distributor in a bench vise than with it in place on the engine, with poor
visibility and the likelihood of the small screws disappearing forever.
A further trick is to oval out these two holes with a round file to give
them more latitude for adjustment, so you never have to undo the clamping
bolt. This can be a long-term fix for a just-starting-to-crack distributor
housing.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 11/28/05 5:04 PM, oliver at sumton@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> hi, all.
>
> short of removing the distributor (is it hard? should i do that?)
>
> how do you get down in there to replace the points and condensor? anyone
> got any good tricks? this looks painful!
>
> thanks!
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