123 Ignition distributor installation

Installing the 123 Ignition distributor should have been a straight-forward task, but the Bosch unit threw us a curveball. When I was removing the later, the oil seal fell off and onto the drive gear. Since it is dark, and filled with a minute amount of oil, the o-ring completely disappeared.

That pesky little piece of rubber prevented us from installing the new distributor - and caused about an hour and half of head scratching. Eventually we found the problem and everything was a bit more straight-forward.

Once we went through the installation procedure, including programming the unit from my iPhone, the engine ran better immediately.

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The next day I ran all the wires inside some automotive wiring tube and made everything neat and tidy.