Honda Accord Quiz
Engine Electrical Equipment

Distributor Installation

In this manual: Engine Electrical Equipment
Owner's Manual — 80Maintenance and Adjustments — 43Four-Cylinder Engines — 27V6 Engines — 34Engine General Overhaul and Major Repair — 35Cooling and Heating Systems — 29Fuel and Exhaust Systems — 21Engine Electrical Equipment — 23Engine Control — 315-speed manual transmission (MT) — 74-speed automatic transmission (AT) — 14Clutch and Drive Shafts — 22Brake System — 23Suspension and Steering — 31Body — 41Body Electrical Equipment — 36Electrical Circuit Diagrams — 11
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INSTALLATION

PROCEDURE


If the crankshaft was rotated while the distributor was removed from the engine, bring the engine to TDC of No. 1 cylinder (refer to the appropriate Section in the Engine chapter) and align the rotor position when installing the distributor.
1. Install a new O-ring onto the distributor housing.
2. Carefully insert the distributor into the mounting bore in the cylinder head. Align the index marks made during removal.

The tangs on the distributor shaft end and the matching slots in the camshaft end are asymmetrical, so the distributor cannot be installed rotated 180°.
3. If the distributor cannot be fully seated, first verify that the index marks are aligned, then make sure the rotor tip points exactly toward the mark on the edge of the housing.
4. Loosely install the hold-down bolt(s).
5. Perform the remaining installation in the reverse order of removal. Check the ignition timing, then tighten the distributor hold-down bolt(s) to specification.

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