I sat out tonight to have a nice relaxing evening of playing with my 82 GSL that I just picked up last weekend. I decided it would be a good idea to check the timing as the previous owners seem to not have done much preventative maintenance at all.

It was a very quick task and all went well. As I was finishing up I took one last look and decided that it was still a hair off. When I went to loosen the bolt up for the third time she sheared right off and now my relaxing evening has turned into a serious hassle.

As this is my daily driver now, if anyone has any creative ways to lock the distributor in place until I can drill/tap this thing I'd love to hear it!

 

duct tape

J/K, maybe some jb weld- just until you get it fixed ????

 

Tack weld maybe? That way you can hold it solid and then grind it off later. Im not sure what else to tell you. You could tell everyone you have a welded dizzy! :p Maybe try and find something to TIGHTLY wedge on either side of the bolt so it cant slide either way? Another nut and bolt on each side maybe? Timing is something I wouldnt really want to skimp a repair on these things however...

~T.J.

 

Agreed. I'd just like to be able to drive her the 3 or 5 miles to the shop instead of having her towed. Thanks for the advice.

 

well I guess it's a little late but maybe a nut and bolt on each side of the boss to keep it from moving

 

Last night I spent about 2 hours with drills, dremels, and hammers trying to get that bolt out and all I really accomplished was breaking and dulling a cheap $5.00 bit set. Then I came across a post here talking about the quality of the tools you use. I took that to heart and went out and spent some bucks on titanium bits and taps. With quality bits it took a little over 5 minutes to drill out the old bolt and tap new threads. I've learned my lesson about trying to save a little money on tools. ;)

 

Cheep tools are never a good choice...

Usually what you save in money is eaten away buy time loss due to the poor quality of inexspensive tools.

Or you end up having to spend more money to get the good tools in the first place...


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