There are two distributors on the SC400 and you have to remove the covers that are on each side on the front of the engine so you have to remove more pieces on the passenger side of the engine, may take around 2 hours to do.
Yes with fabricating, saw it done and looked good.
buy a new distributor cap and rotor. Unscrew the distributor cap (on the drivers side of the engine block), take note how the existing rotor is sitting, remove it, and place the new rotor in the same position. Put on the distributor cap and screw it into place... very simple job. thats how you change the rotor......he asked about the distributor....try again.
all you should have to do is take the distributor cap off, and there it is. answer take the distributor cap off, pull the old rotor off, put the new one on, put the cap back on.
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On number one terminal, put engine at tdc on 1. If engine/rotor hasn't moved, leave rotor alone.
unscrew the 2 screws that hold the distributor cap on,put aside,then,get a10 mm wrench,remove bolt holding rotor on,then put on and put bolt back on and tighten.
The distributor is off a tooth or two. You can pull the distributor out and turn the rotor a little and put it back in. Then re-time the engine.
You want the TDC on the compression stroke of the #1 cylinder, then drop in the distributor with the rotor pointing to #1 on the distributor cap.
get #1 cylinder on top dead center and then put the distributor rotor bug a hair before the #1 plug wire on the distributor and drop in down into the engine and all should be fine.
You may have messed up the timing when you put on the new distributor cap.
Remove wires from old distributor and put on new one [one at a time, noting locations on distributor, or marking wires and locations]. Remove rotor [noting direction it is pointing] and replace with new one pointing in same direction].
Just about to fire no 1 w/engine at TDC on compression stroke