What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?
I rotated my distributor intermediate shaft today to get the clip away from being right at the firewall. Then rewired the cap to match up the firing order and retimed engine and adjusted carb.
When I swapped the 5.9 in my Barracuda, and installed the intermediate shaft, the distributor back clip was right at the firewall. Made popping the cap a real PITA. I just wanted to drive the car so I dealt with it for over a year.
Now the clip is easily reachable and the vacuum advance still has plenty of room.