That got your attention, didn't it!!
You thought that I was serious huh?


Well unfortunatley, I am!! My problem is that I have gigantic hands, (being 6'4") and no room to work! But then again, no thirdgen has any room at all anyways.
Here's the story. I bought plug wires, cap, & rotor, and found that my hand doesn't fit between the firewall, and the cap (to reach the rear screw). Also, the screw driver is too long to fit. It hits the top of the firewall. I have a minimal amount of tools right now, (due to an argument), so I would loosen up the dist. bolt, and turn the rotor, but I hope that I don't have to do that.

How do you guys get at that screw?


Btw, I have the stock TPI intake.

 

I bought a short screwdriver so I can reach back in there and get to that screw. Before that I always just loosened the bolt and turned the distributor so I could get to it!!

 

I got this little short skinny screw driver with this crapy electrical wiring tool set

its a perfect fit

 

I found a random S shaped screwdriver, fits perfect...

 

Or get someone like a GF, a freind a kid... to tighten it up for you. Unless you can get the dist. back where it was I would not move it. Just get a lill screw driver and you'll be fine.
Ya know, big hands big feet... Big socks

 

mark the distributor housing and manifold, twist the distributor to get to the screw and replace the cap/rotor. When you're done line up the marks then set timing with a light.

 

Yeah, my girlfreind offered to help, (that's why I love her!!) I was trying to use a stubby, but the grip is too fat. Then the one that is the perfect length, the tip is too small for the screw. But I should get a screw driver for this job only. I'll save it for only cap & rotor jobs! I guess that I need to go to Harbor Freight tonight!!

Thanks for all of the help.

 

Flex shaft. Makes life easy.

 

I'm with Red Devil on this one... I have a flexible shaft 1/4" driver (made by Stanley, got it at Wal-mart surprisingly enough).. That thing is friggin' awesome. If you have the divorced coil (small cap) HEI setup, you can use one of those flexible drivers with a 5.5mm socket to loosen the distributor cap screws.

 

Hey man, I'm 6'3" with big hands, and I have no problem at al changing my cap and rotor, module, the whole dizzy, whatever. Use a short screwdriver.