IM LOOKING FOR Any reassuring information or tips that people may have for removing and installing a distributor, i want to replace my intake with an aluminum one,

im worried about the distributor part, i dont wat to pull it and never be able to get it exaclt yhwere it was!

What I do is mark bring the engine to TDC (line on balancer will line up with the zero on timing tab), this should put the rotor contact real close to the #1 plug on the distributor cap, visualize an imaginary line straight down from the number 1 plug on the distributor cap down to the base of the distributor, then mark the distributor base, then remove the cap, then unbolt and remove the distributor.

Then when you reinstall just line up the rotor contacts with the line you marked on the base, install cap. Start engine (might run a little rough due to being too retarded :D ), set time ignition as needed.

When you do go to reinstall the distributor, if it doesn't go down in all the way, if you look down inside the hole you'll see what kinda looks like a 2 pronged fork....if that gets moved any during distributor removal it'll not allow you to get the shaft down in.....just take a long screwdriver and set it so the distributor will go down in with the rotor at the line you marked.

Not sure how the other guys have done it but that's the way I've done it. Works for me.

I do it pretty much the same as Junkyard Dawg. I make a mark on the distributor base that aligns with something that will still be there when I reinstall it. Doesn't matter what "landmark" you use as long as it's easy and obvious. A valve cover bolt, something on the firewall, whatever as long as it's close and easy to align to. That mark will let you know that the distributor is back in the same position it was. If the marks don't align, keep trying until they do

Pretty much what's been said above, I usually bump the motor until the rotor is pointing straight back towards the firewall, easier reference in my opinion instead of trying to point it somewhere else, since the firewall is the closest thing to it. If when reinstalling it's just a tad off from where it was pointing when it came out, you're probably just a tooth off, pull it up a bit, turn the rotor the direction you need to go just a few degrees, and drop it back in again until it's right where it was pointing when you pulled it.