Distributor won't go in....
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St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
Big632, I work alone, so I don't have anybody bumping the starter for me. What I do to be sure that I got #1 is by taking the drivers side valve cover off and verify that both valves on #1 are closed. If they are and the timing marker is at 0, I know that I got #1...
Getting #1 isn't the issue..... I've done this several times.. The main issue is that the distributor just won't drop in even with the slot aligned.. Tonight, I'll try to dip the distributor gear in oil and try it again... The gear was already used on the dyno and should work..
Getting #1 isn't the issue..... I've done this several times.. The main issue is that the distributor just won't drop in even with the slot aligned.. Tonight, I'll try to dip the distributor gear in oil and try it again... The gear was already used on the dyno and should work..
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do what I did... stand on the air cleaner and stomp on it a few times 
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From: In Dreams There Is Truth Ohio
Originally Posted by SnoDrgn
do what I did... stand on the air cleaner and stomp on it a few times
Well Ollie, the only thing I can think of....you sure the bronze gear is on correct? Not reversed?
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Since you have already tried dropping in at every position and it's not going down it really sounds like the gears are not meshing. I assume you have moved the rotor back and forth while trying to get it down in any position? Something doesn't sound right. Can you put some grease on the bottom of the dist gear and verify that it touches/meshes with the cam?
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From: In Dreams There Is Truth Ohio
You can tell if the gears are meshed...if the bronze gear is on correctly and the gear is deburred, and I assume it is deburred, the distrubutor and the cam gear have to mesh, it's impossible not to mesh....
The only other thing....the oil pump rod may be too big for the bronze gear
The only other thing....the oil pump rod may be too big for the bronze gear
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Originally Posted by GDaina
The only other thing....the oil pump rod may be too big for the bronze gear
I bumped the engine and it would turn but not drop in... I'd like to try to drop in another distributor but I only have the one that I'm using right now...
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Originally Posted by kdf1986
Hello
I know the gear is the same one from the dyno test, but is it a different distributor.
kdf
I know the gear is the same one from the dyno test, but is it a different distributor.
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From: Hattiesburg MS
Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
I can't imagine that because the bronze gear has been in the engine on the distributor that they used on the dyno...
I bumped the engine and it would turn but not drop in... I'd like to try to drop in another distributor but I only have the one that I'm using right now...
I bumped the engine and it would turn but not drop in... I'd like to try to drop in another distributor but I only have the one that I'm using right now...