Hi. This is often over complicated
All you need to do is take the plugs out. Turn the engine to tdc on number one.
Then you get the distributor assembly in your hands. Make sure the rotor is aligned with the very small “8” marking on the plastic casting of the lower housing…that’s where you want the rotor to be pointing to when it’s down and in place…but to do that…before you put it in…retard the rotor about 40 degrees (to allow for the rotation you will get when installing the unit when the helical gears meet. When it’s home…it will want to advance the rotation of the rotor back to align with the number 8 and no.1 cylinder firing position.
But. Before all that. I’d ask if you mean that the distributor in it’s entirety had been disturbed and been removed from the lower hearing and oil pump drive…or if you just mean that the upper part and its locking fork and bolt have been disturbed and moved a little…but she’s still remained engaged at the bottom end and drive gearing ?
All you need to do is take the plugs out. Turn the engine to tdc on number one.
Then you get the distributor assembly in your hands. Make sure the rotor is aligned with the very small “8” marking on the plastic casting of the lower housing…that’s where you want the rotor to be pointing to when it’s down and in place…but to do that…before you put it in…retard the rotor about 40 degrees (to allow for the rotation you will get when installing the unit when the helical gears meet. When it’s home…it will want to advance the rotation of the rotor back to align with the number 8 and no.1 cylinder firing position.
But. Before all that. I’d ask if you mean that the distributor in it’s entirety had been disturbed and been removed from the lower hearing and oil pump drive…or if you just mean that the upper part and its locking fork and bolt have been disturbed and moved a little…but she’s still remained engaged at the bottom end and drive gearing ?