But then I had to move on and remove the distributor rendering the car undriveable for obvious reasons. Pretty straight forward and easy, but this marks a turning point, I'm actually doing this, I don't have the money yet, but hopefully something with come through and I can get started in earnest. Whether I sell enough parts to fund this or I get a part-time job I don't know but I certainly hope for either, but with the removal of a key part of the engine this signifies no going back to the old JEV6 now. The family car has been laid to rest and a workhorse for our family shall never be the same again...
Now the real adventure starts, turning a minivan/SUV crossover into a SCCA worthy race car.
Drove down the road to a gravel parking lot to get some final pictures of her before I retire the old JEV6.
The stickers shall be coming off when I repaint her.
Drove back home and popped the hood to get to work.
The distributor all hooked up like it's supposed to be.
After you pull the spark plug wires and remove the connectors from the distributor this is the only bolt holding it down. This is mostly a reference picture so we can get a good idea of where to set the distributor to get started with ignition timing. (Hopefully I won't be doing this again on this engine, but you never know.)
Removed. Noooo! There's a hole in my engine now! Plugged it with a red mechanics rag.
Also pulled the fan, fan shroud, and fan clutch off. Whee. Makes the engine compartment start to look really empty.
Distributor after it was pulled off. Nothing special really, it's the original and it's in really good condition, my buyer is getting a steal of a price for it because I'm so desperate for the money. Anyway I'll get the gunk cleaned off of it and packed away in a box for shipping later.
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