Can you repair a distributor?

Can you repair a distributor?

Luckily, most distributors can be rebuilt, unless they are damaged or weathered beyond repair. Your car’s distributor sends the flow of high-voltage electricity from your coil to each of the engine’s cylinders. As the rotor spins, it hits each successive contact, firing one cylinder, then the next one.

Is it possible to reseal a Honda distributor?

This is a set of instructions to reseal Honda 4 cylinder engine distributors, not all Honda distributors can be resealed. Check online to see if your particular distributor model can be resealed before you attempt this procedure.

How do you remove distributor from Honda cylinder head?

Step 3: Remove Distributor From the Cylinder Head. Use a 12 mm wrench to remove the three bolts that hold the distributor to the cylinder head. The distributor will come off now if you wiggle the unit with both hands.

Where does the oil leak on a Honda distributor?

Honda distributors have a shaft seal inside the that tends to leak, when this seal leaks you will find oil in the lower part of the distributor cap (photo 1).

How do you install a distributor on a Honda?

Use fine emery cloth to smooth out distributor shaft surface where the oil seal will ride (photo 1). Install shaft assembly by sliding shaft though oil seal onto the distributor case. Ensure that bearing case is flush with distributor case (photo 5), then install three screws.

This is a set of instructions to reseal Honda 4 cylinder engine distributors, not all Honda distributors can be resealed. Check online to see if your particular distributor model can be resealed before you attempt this procedure.

Step 3: Remove Distributor From the Cylinder Head. Use a 12 mm wrench to remove the three bolts that hold the distributor to the cylinder head. The distributor will come off now if you wiggle the unit with both hands.

Use fine emery cloth to smooth out distributor shaft surface where the oil seal will ride (photo 1). Install shaft assembly by sliding shaft though oil seal onto the distributor case. Ensure that bearing case is flush with distributor case (photo 5), then install three screws.

Honda distributors have a shaft seal inside the that tends to leak, when this seal leaks you will find oil in the lower part of the distributor cap (photo 1).