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Jul 29, 2011 | 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by alyle5864

This is what it looks like. I was hoping to be able to set the dist. so that the plug wires were symmetrical. As you can see the dist is rotated ccw slightly not allowing this.

Anthony,If you have already tried 1 tooth clockwise and the dist was off in the opposite direction , you can remove the dist gear and rotate it 180 degrees.

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Sep 28, 2011 | 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by noonie

For what it's worth to you, here is the proper position of the hei.
#1 wire is the closest and furthest left.
These are the factory stake marks.
The main purpose to position both the hei and the points dist was to allow timing room for the vacuum advance can.

Is this cable aligment will be the same for a 1986 vette???

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