I'm so pumped! It runs...But why is the distributor THERE?(sorta long)

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

Sorry, I was recalling/thinking that the tang is fixed, i.e. positively
driven...you're saying it can be moved, which makes total sense, as the
distributor is gear driven and the tang allows the pump drive to piggyback,
right?  ...doy
Never even computed in my feeble mind....

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:dan.bubb@gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:00 PM
>To: Jim Ruffi
>Cc: T Berk; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: I'm so pumped! It runs...But why is the distributor
>THERE?(sorta long)
>
>
>On 10/24/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> If the 180 degree spin doesn't do the trick, you'll have to
>reposition your
>> intermediate shaft by loosening the timing belt and getting those marks
>> right.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>Jim,
>you're making this more complicated than it needs to be.
>Just pull the distributor and turn the tang on the end of the oil pump
>shaft clockwise an hour or two. Index the distributor shaft roughly
>the same amount and reinstall. You may have to fiddle a little bit
>with the respective angles to get the distributor to engage the tang,
>but way easier than mucking around with the timing belt and covers and
>such.
>Dan