Hey Gene...The hex head on the drivers side is rounding. Can't get a phillips in that one yet. I will try to chip out the crud and try again.
The passanger side I only tried with the phillips but not the socket.
I will try again this weekend if not sooner. Just finally got the broken spark plug out of cylinder 4 Monday...damn Maine salted roads cause all sorts of rust crap.

 

Bolt outs might get yours our mikecjn.

As to the other poster there isn't anyway you can drill it out enough to get a easy out or anything in there is it?

 

Main thing is to index the distributor with a Sharpie or some other marking instrument. Use a mechanics mirror to line everything back up per your indexing marks. +/- 1/4 " will throw you way out on fuel sync and your truck will run like **** if you're are outside of +/- 8*. To give you an idea- if the spindle that goes into the back of the block is ~1.5"- then your play of +/- 8* is roughly 1/10 of an inch in either direction.

 

I'll probably give that a shot Hometheaterman...I will start a new post also. I didn't mean to hijack this one.
Good Luck Tarner...I will post back on this thread if I pull the distributer before you get a chance too.

 

NP Bro... If you get your questions answered here too it's a good thing. The more we can help each other the better.

 

I won't be digging into it until this weekend due to stuff with kids...daughter has a play tonight and tomorrow night.
I will let you know if I come up with anything...

 

The ram distributor is definetly a PITA. Yesterday I pulled the motor out of my 5.0 and the distributor is right there in the front, with a very easy to get at bolt. I can't stand cars/trucks with rear distributors.