Nick wrote:
> I have looked at this diagram but it doesn't show where exactly on
> that side of the shaft it needs to go. Without any force the ring just
> sits about 1/2 way on the shaft, if you expand the ring a bit, you can
> get it to go all of the way to the end of the shaft. My question was
> it doesn't look correct when it is all the way in on the shaft as
> there is a little gap between the engine cam and the distributor; not
> having an existing ring to go by I can't tell where this needs to be.

isn't there a groove on the body of the distributor, the part that
inserts into the head? that's where the o-ring goes. have to stretch
it a little to get it over the lip, but it holds itself in place after that.

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> Nick
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> On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:07:13 -0700, "'Curly Q. Links'"
> <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote:
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>>Nick wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks for the help,
>>>
>>> I went back to the dealer to grab 2 more just in case the way
>>>I'm thinking it should be isn't correct. I had asked a tech over there
>>>and they said to slide it all the way in which would mean that the
>>>ring would be in between the distributor and engine cam; not inside
>>>the cam hole which I had originally thought to be the case. I'm hoping
>>>the reason to oil the ring is so that it is easy to slide just like
>>>Jim posted. I'll let everyone know what I find out tomorrow.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Nick
>>
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>>Try this link to find your 'exploded' view of the distributor to clarify
>>. . . . .
>>
>>http://www.slhondaparts.com/
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