Re: HELP Distributor & Bolt in Hole !!

["Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>]

Oh boy. I think Paul had the right hole..its the 2" diameter one,
on what looks like to be the bell housing of the tranny..it's
on the driver side of the engine, directly below where the
distributor connects to the block. If I can't find the bolt
(1" bolt) tomorrow, I'll stop by my local mechanic and ask him
also. I know the bolt slipped out of my hands removing the
dist, and I wasn't on the ground..and so Murphey says it fell
in the only hole around. How do I manually turn my engine?

Well on a good note, with a confirming quote from Bentley (thanks 
Mark) I managed to completely dissasemble my dist. and
reassemble it with a fixed connector, rotor and cap. Yay! So
figuring I just saved myself at least $300 in parts and labor...
(assuming they would have been too lazy to fix the conenctor and
just install the 120$ new unit) I went on a Sears Spree! Soon as
that bolt is found, and I get my Nology wires inI'll see if my
mysterious 6200 rpm cutoff dissapears..ans I'm almost positive
this was due to the rotor/wires/plugs no being able to handle the 
high rpms.

Ryan


> Its not the end of the world. You might want to turn the morot over by hand a 
> few times and unbolt the 3 bottom bolts from the splash shield cover. Your 
> gonna hafta pry it open and then use a coat hanger (bent to allow for some 
> fine fishing!) and fish out the bolt. 
> 
> Now, ifyour turning the motor over by hand and it stops, dont force it. 
> Rotoate the engine the other way a little and maybe the bolt will settle in 
> and drop to the bottom. it should no problem unless its a really big bolt. 
> 
> When your all done, and everything is put back together, be sure to smack 
> yourself in the back of the head for all of us! 
> (Dont worry, ive done much worse things. its amazing how a little bolt can 
> find a little hole to fall into. I sopose you were working near the timming 
> belt when it happened, right? ) 
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