boycbronco
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2.9 v6, 86 Ranger XLT. I'm putting in a new distributor. It won't fully drop into place. Prior to removing the old one, I found TDC, marked rotor to distributor body, distributor body to block, and marked where the rotor stopped as I pulled it out (came out easily). I transferred these marks over to the new distributor. Tried putting the new distributor in using the reference marks, body would not seat (is roughly 1/2" too high).Tried rotating rotor slightly, both directions, no better results. I even tried re-installing the old distributor, using the original marks, and it won't go back in, either. I wasted probably 90 minutes doing all this repeatedly. Getting very frustrated. What is the trick?