<VV> Distributor Position

[Ewell Mills]

I feel sure this has been covered many times, but I have a serious case of CRS
(I'm old).
How does one get the distributor to turn a few degrees one way or the other
and still be able to properly set the timing?
My vacuum advance connection, where the vacuum hose connects, is right in the
way of the A/C belt which grinds the hose away in short order when I have the
timing set to 14% (110).  I tried rotating the wires one position and
resetting the timing, but I must have done something wrong, because I ended
back up where I started.  Thanks.

Cecil Mills
Cocoa, Fl.