How to Replace Distributor Cap and Rotor 1996-2000 Nissan Pathfinder
Created on: 2018-07-10
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a bad or broken distributor on 00 Nissan Pathfinder
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step 1 :Removing the Distributor
- Remove the Phillips screws from the distributor
- Turn the crank to access to Phillips screw on the rotor
- Remove the Phillips screw from the rotor
- Remove the rotor
- Lift the cap up and off
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step 2 :Installing the Distributor
- Press the rotor to the distributor
- Tighten the Phillips screw to the rotor
- Insert the distributor cap into place
- Tighten the Phillips screw to the cap
- Remove the wires from the old cap and place them in the appropriate location
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Alright we're going to remove the cap in the rotor. We don't want to take the wires off; we're going to leave those wires on so that we know where they were located. They are all labeled so like this is cylinder number one, two, three, four, five and six.
So I'm going to start with a Phillips head screw. I'm going to take this screw out right here. This one will come out. There's another screw back here. We’re going to pull this screw out, right there like that. All right, so we're going to take our rotor off. There's a little Phillips head screw down here. If your rotor is positioned in a different spot, what you can do is you can turn the crank a little bit to get it so you can access the screw. But ours is all set. All right so I got that screw out, now I can grab on the rotor and just pull it straight up. Just like that.
All right so we're going to install the new rotor; we're going to line it up where the old one was, and then there's a new bolt that comes with it. A new Phillips head screw. So we'll screw this Phillips head screw in. And you'll snug that down, not too tight. And then we'll take our new cap. That's where the number one wire goes. Line that up with that.
Now we're going to tighten down the distributor cap. This one, the screws are already in the cap. They stay with the cap, so we'll just snug these down. Just like that. Make sure it's snug. And that's good. So now that, that's on, we can look at our old cap. Cylinder one, we're going to take this wire off. Just twist it back and forth. Pull it off and that will go right here.
On cylinder number one, we're going to do the same with the other ones. You could just mark these all before you do it or you can just do them one at a time. So that's cylinder number two. This one right here. And that's cylinder number three wire. And then number four, that'll go right here. And then cylinder number five wire. And then last, cylinder number six wire. All right and that's it.
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