Distributor Disassembly

1. Remove rotor and vacuum advance unit, if equipped Fig. 14.
2. Remove reluctor by prying up from bottom of reluctor using two screwdrivers with a maximum blade width of 7/16 in. Use care not to damage or distort reluctor teeth.
3. Remove two screws and lockwashers attaching lower plate to distributor housing, then lift out lower plate, upper plate and pickup coil as an assembly. Do not remove distributor cap clamp springs.

Fig. 14 Typical disassembled view of Chrysler electronic 8 cylinder distributor (Dual pickup distributor similar):

4. On eight cylinder units, if distributor housing, shaft, reluctor sleeve or governor weights are to be replace, proceed as follows:
a. Remove distributor shaft retaining pin and slide retainer off end of shaft.
b. If necessary, use a file to clean burrs from around pin hole area on shaft, then remove lower thrust washer.
c. Push shaft upward and remove from distributor housing.