Hi Everyone,

I have a 65 Mustang coupe with an inline 6cyl 200. I replaced the distributor cap last night and when I put it back on, it doesn't seem to go right back where it was. In otherwords, it has the latches on each side but you can still move (spin) the cap slightly which throws off the timing a good bit. So now my car won't crank.

My question is if this is right for the cap to be able to move?

Thanks,

Warren

 

A little movement is normal. There is a notch in the dist and a "locator" in the cap....are these lined up?

 

There's a notch where the the cap will drop into, but a small amount of rotation is normal (unfortunately).

 

cap must not move as it throws timing off. check the difference between old and new cap.
If there is none, maybe one wrong way round
i've seen caps that can be moved by a millimeter on the diameter which I already found a lot

 

Y'all were right! There was a notch and I had it on 180 degrees wrong. I guess thats what I get for doing it at 10pm last night with a flash light!

Thanks for the help!

Warren

 

lucky you didn't break cap or rotor :-)