Contents: Removal ⇊ Installation ⇊
Removal
1. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery.
Warning! If the car stereo system is equipped with a security code, make sure you have the correct combination to activate the audio system before disconnecting the battery!
2. Label the wires and hoses and disconnect the wiring and hoses from the distributor.
3. Find the raised mark on the distributor cap (in the form of a number or letter), indicating the location of the terminal of the high-voltage wire of the spark plug of the first cylinder. If the cover is not equipped with such marking, find the terminal by walking to it along the wire from the spark plug of the first cylinder, and put the corresponding mark yourself.
4. Remove the distributor cap (see Chapter Routine maintenance) and turn the crankshaft so that the runner turns with its nose towards the location of the spark plug wire terminal of the first cylinder (see Engine Repair Without Removing It From The Car - Civic Models or Engine Repair Without Removing It From the Vehicle - Integra Models).
5a. Apply an orientation mark to the edge of the distributor housing, directly opposite the runner nose parallel to the axis of the latter (if the runner has multiple spouts, select the central one). Also mark the mounting position of the distributor base on the engine (see accompanying illustrations). Distributor mounting bolts on Civivc models.
5b. Distributor mounting bolts on Integra models.
6. Loosen the clamping bolt and remove the distributor from the engine by pulling it strictly vertically upwards.
Caution! To avoid reducing the effort required to apply timing marks to zero, do not allow the crankshaft to turn after removing the ignition distributor from the engine!
Installation
Note: If the crankshaft has been allowed to turn with the ignition distributor removed from the engine, the engine must be brought to the TDC position of the first cylinder (see the Relevant Section in Engine Repair Without Removing It From The Car - Civic Models or Engine Repair Without Removing It From the Vehicle - Integra Models and when installing the distributor, achieve the appropriate position of its runner.
1. Place a new sealing ring on the distributor housing.
2. Carefully insert the distributor into the receiving socket in the cylinder head. Ensure that the mounting marks applied during dismantling are aligned.
Attention! The projections on the end of the distributor shaft and the corresponding grooves in the end of the camshaft are asymmetrically located, which reduces to zero the possibility of installing the distributor with a 180° rotation.
3. If you cannot seat the distributor completely, first make sure that the seat marks are aligned correctly, then ensure that the runner is turned with its nose exactly towards the mark on the edge of the housing.
4. Loosely screw in the clamp bolt.
5. Carry out further assembly in the reverse order of disassembly. Check the ignition timing, then firmly tighten the distributor mounting clamp bolt on the engine.