by Esteban » Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:02 pm
I do remember from years, years ago that I ran into this problem.
When Nissan came out with this model of distributor, they also modified the base, with it pointing straight out, and not at a slight angle like the other. That the explanation for your out of phase. The distributor is attached to a plate that in turn is the one that is bolted to the base at the engine; this base can be rotated a little bit but probably not enough for what you need. I think that in my case I drilled another hole in the engine base. I no longer have that base, and the one I have was made by a machine shop at that time, since I couldn't find a spare base.
One way will be to modify the hole in the plate. Another, could be that our friends in Australia send you a used base for this distributor.
I will try to take some pictures tomorrow to show you what I have. I know that the route of a machine shop can be too expensive. I did mine years ago in Ecuador, when this type of labor was reasonable.
There are a couple of members that have installed the forklift distributor, and hopefully can shed some light on their solution.
Owner of the same Patrol since 1967