[BradH]

During the PPI on my car, the tech noted that he thought the distributor weights were sticking, causing a higher than spec idle once the engine was warm and had been reved. I adjusted the idle down manually, but the problem has been creeping back lately, so I decided to remove the distributor and check it out.

I have the distributor out of the car, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to get it apart. I removed the circlip at the top of the shaft, but the spider-looking thing on the top of the assembly won't budge. Is this part supposed to come off? How do I disconnect the vacuum advance arm that attaches to something inside the distributor body? This doesn't look that hard, but the dang thing just won't come apart! Any ideas? Am I going to risk breaking something expensive if I continue?

Thanks,

Brad
'83 SC Coupe