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How to take a distributor off?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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it depends on what you are working on but most cars and trucks have a bolt at the shaft there is a y shape with a bolt remove the bolt and y then pull the distrbuter out but first mark where the rotor is pointing so you can put it back or make shure your eng is at number 1 top dead center

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