Dizzy question

[civic-dream]

Hi guys... just a really general question

if my replacement dizzy hasn't been fitted on properly(not lined up like the previous one), how can i fix it??

[marte]

got pics?

[ECU-MAN]

pics would be helpfull


was the timing set when the new distributor was installed ???

[roar]

ecu man i notice you always spell timing belt as timming belt

just thought i'd correct you this once lol =) don't talk it harshly...i'm just a spelling nazi

[ECU-MAN]

ecu man i notice you always spell timing belt as timming belt

just thought i'd correct you this once lol =) don't talk it harshly...i'm just a spelling nazi

:thumbsup:

if I was a good spella I wouldnt of become a mechanic.

its cool, we all have our flaws, mine is spelling

BTW dont look to hard into my posts, you will be for ever correcting me.

lol also dont you mean " dont take it harshly" lol

[roar]

oh shit...lol =)

actually "don't"

haha

[ECU-MAN]

lol


you can be the moderator, moderator

run after me correcting my gramma :)

[Du4No]

ecu man i notice you always spell timing belt as timming belt

just thought i'd correct you this once lol =) don't talk it harshly...i'm just a spelling nazi

Don't you mean "don't TAKE it harshly"

The phrase "don't talk it harshly" does not make any sense.

:p

[iamhappy46]

20 cents says the keyway is not lined up properly in the camshaft ;)

[ECU-MAN]

the keyway in the cams is pretty hard to screw up. either its thier or it isnt. you cant get it wrong ( or can you ??? )

[iamhappy46]

hehehe, based on the original post... I really have to wonder.

If it is not slotting in right, then it would force the shaft onto a weird angle and stop it from bolting down flush. That seems to be the problem but not very specific.

[AsH_]

wats a dizzy???

[destrukshn]

wats a dizzy???
distrubitor.
you know that black box sitting on the side of your cylinder head? where the spark leads come from?
that's the distributer

[AsH_]

oh ok, yeh i know now...

i never reffered to it as a dizzy

[Boban]

So anyways back to the topic :p

When i put mine in, the car was running very rough at idle and it was shaking pretty badly, you can tell that by how bad the steering wheel was vibrating.

Assuming you have some form of a civic (didn't specify) it shouldn't be that much different to my engine (d16y1). The dizzy is held in by 3 bolts, loosen them slightly and move the dizzy till the vibration is better/worse. As ECU MAN said it only goes in one way, if it's in the wrong way it won't line up flush and i'd guess it would be spilling out oil through the seal since there would be a gap????? (just a guess). Anyways that's my 2c. Each engine will be slightly different so if they lined up the dizzy to the old marks (ie how it was on b4 - if you got a 2nd hand one like i did - than it won't suit your engine perfectly) so you have to adjust it a little