Xlint.
Found a bloke with a small machine shop that will happily drill the distributor and gear for me for free over the next couple of days.
That's all fine and dandy AFTER you punch the shaft then install the gear then check it as i suggested.
Also, it must be drilled with the gear on it and it must be drilled with a 1/8" bit . I guarantee you with 110% certainty that if he uses a metric bit, you will in fact be buying another new $350.00 distributor and $100.00 gear.
If you remove the gear, i will ruining the punching.
Again, you can not cut corners on this.
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