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TFI module removal?

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Aliate X

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Whats the easiest way to change this thing? It looks to me like Im gonna have to remove the distributor....any tips? Different ways of going about this?

My car bogs when I shift quick like in a race, was hoping this would fix it.
 
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don't have to pull the distibutor. just loosen it and rotate it. just mark where it was at before moving it.
 

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oh okay good stuff, thanks man.
 

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In my experience either the TFI module works or it doesn't. A bad coil might act up like that when it gets hot but the TFI is more of an all or nothing thing. If the car runs it works!!!!!

Pat.
 

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pricha said:
In my experience either the TFI module works or it doesn't. A bad coil might act up like that when it gets hot but the TFI is more of an all or nothing thing. If the car runs it works!!!!!

Pat.
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I would agree with you, but my symptoms were the opposite. I had a horrible miss at 3500rmp and I tried everything. I changed out the module and my miss went away.

Tim
 

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You will have an easier time changing the module by getting the tool ahead of time. There is a specific tool that will allow you to easily get to the bolts on the module. You can get it at an AutoZone type place for about $7.
 

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Agreed with Adam - it is something like a thin walled 5.5MM socket.

mark and rotate the dizzy to acess the TFI. Service it (heat sink grease works well) and swivel the dizzy back to your marks. then set it exactly with a gun.

good luck.
 
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it is a 7/32 deep wall thin well. but the special tool is alot better.

here is what my TFI tool looks like

 

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Im confused, if you still have to spin the dizzy to access the screws then why not use just a regular screw driver?
 
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the factory bolts are not slotted for a screwdriver
 

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Oh okay, thanks a lot.
 
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