Also not having replaced the cap and rotor before, and about to, am I reading that it CAN be done without disassembling/reassembling? (Painful as it may be.) I also found an old post that says the cap is readily done from underneath provided your crossover pipe has been removed. I'm guessing that's not an easy task either? Marv #10820 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Warren Wallingford <warren@...> wrote: > The only way I know of to make replacing the distributor cap easier is > to take the air mixture box from between the plenums. This means > dismantling the idle air path, removing the w-pipe in the rear, and > disconnecting the fuel distributor from the air box. > > shane clarke wrote: > > Hey team! > > So, I've owned my DeLorean for five years now and every time I have to do a tune > > up I am able to do everything myself accept replace the cap and rotor > because of > > it's location. Can ANYONE please give me a secret to getting to that > elusive > > distributor without killing myself? 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/