Quite. It's a convention. As the distributor will only fully engage with
the drive gear in one position it is only of use when changing caps ... or
removing plug leads from cap and/or plugs ... or installing a different
distributor ... Come to think of it that's quite a few 'only's, and a bit
like 'What did the Romans do for us?'.
However with the distributor inserted and the drive dog engaged with the
gear you can turn the body all you like but the rotor won't move. That's
why you have to move the leads round the cap if the distributor assembly or
drive gear orientation aren't as they were when the engine last ran.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
> Correct me if I am wrong please, but it seems the only reason to set the
> distributor up "right" with the rotor pointing to the 1st cylinder (1
> oclock) is so that everybody does it the same way and nobody gets confused
> like this.
> ... turn the distributor body to line up the rotor with the cyl 1 ignition
> wire
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