Stuck distributor

pishta said
drive it out from the bottom! You can remove the pan while in the car. That or take a sledge to the side and just knock it off. The drive will pop out of the socket and then you can just chisel the pieces out. Stuck is stuck.

If the distributor is REALLY stuck, I think this would just create more problems. First the plastic collar at the bottom of the distributor will shatter with the pieces going into the engine. Then the roll pin gets sheared off with the pieces going in the engine. Then it'll be touch and go if the distributor drive gear is long enough to touch the bottom of the distributor without falling out of the bore. No, I'd be leery of doing it this way.

Me?

1) I'd take the intake off, make me a couple of jack screws that would go between the bottom of the distributor and the drive gear and jack it out.
2) I'd make up a fixture to grab the distributor, probably a fork of some sort, get out my 'silver slapper' and pull it out.

But I again wouldn't start beating on it from the bottom.