It didn't even occur to me to go over to ebay and take a look at a
picture of one. Once I got a good side view I found out where it was.
There was an old o-ring in the location where it should have been, but
was so worn out I thought it was a metal washer and didn't remove it.
After I got the old one off it was a snap to put back in.

Thanks to everyone for their help, I just wish the factory manuals
could have better pictures of where this went; would have saved me a
lot of time.

Nick


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>> isn't there a groove on the body of the distributor, the part that
>> inserts into the head? that's where the o-ring goes. have to stretch
>> it a little to get it over the lip, but it holds itself in place after that.
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>...just like this image. 95 Accord TEC distributor, hotlinked from www.andale.com
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>Here's another one from a Toyota. Notice the design is flawed on the Honda.
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>The Toyota has one or two bolts to hold the distributor, Honda has three. If
>you don't tighten all three bolts on the Honda, the o-ring won't center and
>can leak. Toyota has outsmarted Honda by making it easier for the tech to
>adjust the timing while the o-ring centers perfectly. One more reason to
>switch to Toyota.
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