I was just trying to take off my distributor cap , my hanes manual said to get a straight edged screwdrier and pry it off from the slots on the bottem .I dont see any slots on the bottem ?....How do you do this guys ? , thanx , Wayne

 

There should be two philips head screws holding the cap down... you can see them from the top. Take em out and the cap should lift right off. The rotor may stick when you go to pull it off. I think I used a vise grip on mine.

Get rid of the haynes manual and get a chiltons total care manual, or a GM shop manual for your car. The haynes is the worst manual available.

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Drew
predatorman@hotmail.com
83 Camaro 5.0L *1995-98*
87 Iroc 5.7L
91 Formula 5.7L 14.3@98mph
91 RS Convertible 5.0L
91 Firebird 3.1L
92 S10 2.8L For Sale!
98 Grand Am GT 3.1L

 

Thanx Drew , I thought it was just me not liking that manual .It's rather crappy .I have to small hexigon shaped bolts to take out , so this should be fun finding the proper fit lol , but I know I have the tools .My grandfather back in the day owned a repair shop , so I have tools coming out the ying yang
Wayne

 

Also , what should I look for in a bad cap and rotar ? ,haynes has the crappiest pictures of a bad cap and rotar .Thanx , Wayne

 

Cracks, deposits on the terminals... they'll be white and crusty. Caps and rotors are cheap maintenance, best to just replace them. On the rotor again look for cracks and deposits.

 

Hehe, that's funny, I thought the Chilton's manual sucked compared to the Haynes!

The old-style carb'd 2.8's used the clips for the distributor caps...

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-Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l)

 

There are more than one version of the Chiltons. The older versions (Camaro: Yellow Iroc on cover; Firebird: unknown)are bad, but still better than haynes but its more of a preference. The newer versions (Camaro: Red RS with Iroc wheels; Firebird: red basemodel with keystones) whip the *** of the haynes day and night. The GM shop manual puts them all to shame but is a little more difficult to follow and takes some getting used to since it isn't written in idiot like the haynes and chiltons.

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Drew
predatorman@hotmail.com
83 Camaro 5.0L *1995-98*
87 Iroc 5.7L
91 Formula 5.7L 14.3@98mph
91 RS Convertible 5.0L
91 Firebird 3.1L
92 S10 2.8L For Sale!
98 Grand Am GT 3.1L

 

I cant even get those bolts out ! I got a new engine in the car about 5 months ago and they put the same cap and rotar back on it , well whoever did it , stripped the bolts on it .So I dunno what im ganan do , i might just bring it to the shop ...Wayne

 

Try it again when the engine's hot, that might help.

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-Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l)