The distributor is behind/underneath the fuel distributor (the "spider" with all the fuel lines). You'll need to disconnect the mixture control unit (rectangle where the fuel distributor is attached) to access the electrical distributor. Just take off the mixture control unit with the fuel distributor ATTACHED to it. If you do that, you should be able to access the electrical distributor fairly easily. I don't know about the damage that may/may not be caused by a blown donut gasket. I had an exhaust leak on my driver's side - under cylinder 4 or 6 I believe. My engine temperature never got to "160" (unmarked line between 100 and 220) - my fans stayed on constantly, turning off maybe once a month when driving. Coolant hoses swelled due to heat, otterstat (in theory) melted and died because my leak was hitting it dead on for almost half a year. This was all a gasket leak underneath the engine; yours is a bit different, but I would drive with a little caution. Don't stay up all night about it, just inspect your car each time you go for a drive just to be safe. Preventative maintenance keeps these cars running much longer. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/