Herbie

1992 Honda Civic DX 4dr.

The bearings went out on my distributor, started screeching and spit red dust into the distributor cap.

I am about to install a new distributor, and looking for advice on any potential problems.

From what I can tell its very straight forward, remove and replace, honda even has grooves machined on the end of the distributor as well as the camshaft so you cant put it on incorrectly.

Will I have timing issues/ do I have to adjust timing afterwards?

Anyone with experience?

Archidictus

Mark the head casting with a sharpie so you can align the new distributor as close to exactly as you can. It is straightforward, as you thought. Three 12mm bolts and a firm tug should dislocate it. I suggest not removing the plug wires from the cap, as many noobies end up botching the firing order when they do so.

And God knows I don't want to see you put up another thread saying, "My car sounds funny and hesitates when I'm driving it!"

Herbie

Thanks. Not entirely a newbie, Ive replace the cap and rotor, but never messed with timing...and dont want to.

I understand marking the outside of the distributor housing and the engine mounting point.

But how about the position of the rotor within the distributor? Shouldnt this be marked also, or does it matter?

From your experience, will just marking as described keep the timing correct?

Archidictus

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Herbie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks. Not entirely a newbie, Ive replace the cap and rotor, but never messed with timing...and dont want to.

I understand marking the outside of the distributor housing and the engine mounting point.

But how about the position of the rotor within the distributor? Shouldnt this be marked also, or does it matter?

From your experience, will just marking as described keep the timing correct?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Because the dizzy only goes on one way, the shaft can only be oriented along the proper vector. Because the rotor is attached to the shaft, it can only be oriented along the proper vector as well

As long as you don't force anything, you'll be golden

CodyC142

ok, I just replaced my dizzy a few weeks ago, (not trying to highjack your thread) but does anyone know if all d series coils are interchangable, will my d15z1 coil work on my d16z6 dizzy?

Thanks

Herbie

Sorry, I dont know about the interchangability of coils.

But how did replacing your distributor go?

Did you bother to mark it before replacing, or just remove and replace?

o_fatmike_o

dont worry about it, just as long as u know lefty loosie righty tighty (the three bolts ) changing the dizzy is easier than changing the oil! its almost impossible 2 mess it up.

Herbie

then why do people say to mark the distributor as well as the engine mounting point?

o_fatmike_o

well u can mark it to try to get the timming the same as before. just line up the marks, but even if it aint perfect ur not gonna blow ur engine. but its a good i dea(it wont hurt) 2 check ur timming after u change it any way. ur dizzy cant be put in backwards or 180 flip. but u can put it in and have ur timming advanced or retarded depending. on the dizzy's exact position. dont worry its easy u'll see what everyone is saying when u pull the old one out.