I have a 1996 Honda Accord wagon with a 2.2L 4 cylinder engine and I’m trying to replace the distributor rotor and I can’t for the life of me get it off and I’ve already broken a piece off so I definitely need a new one. I’ve tried briefly starting the engine to get the rotor to turn and I don’t see a screw hole anywhere and I don’t know what else to do. This car is my daily driver so I definitely need to get this fixed ASAP. I attached a photo of what I’m looking at right now

 

Darn I missed this wagon post by 5 months. If anyone finds themselves in this issue there are three bolts that hold the distributor on. Take those out and pull the distributor off the engine. You can then turn the rotor where you need it to get to the screw. There are some new replacement distributors that are out there where I assume they forget to drill and tap a hole for the rotor. If you have any issue getting to the screw on the rotor or need to fight the rotor off you can break that little plastic cover thats under the rotor there to gain more room to work. You can always find another plastic at the junkyard and I've ran without that plastic until I could get a replacement with no issues if you need to. If the screw in the rotor is really stuck on there you can carefully use an impact driver with a phillips bit on it. If the rotor is stuck on the shaft after the screw is off you'll have to get creative. Work around the base with a flat screw driver, maybe use some lube, maybe break all the rotor off so you can pry off the metal insert off the shaft, or worst case take the whole darn distributor apart to be able to whack the old rusted rotor insert off the distributor shaft in a vice because it rusted solid. When you go to put the distributor back on there's 2 ears on the back of the distributor that go into 2 slots in the camshaft in the engine head. You can't mix them up since they are slightly different sizes. Line them up with eachother by eye balling it and rotating the rotor with your hand until it clicks in. Push the distributor in flush and put your bolts back in. If you want to make sure it came off 100 percent the same as it goes back on you can mark across the top with a sharpie where the distributor meets the engine so it will go back the exact same.