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Help with a Torker II issue
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Help with a Torker II issue
I put a Torker II on my 68 427/390 and Im just getting around to stabbing the distributor. I have a gapof about 3/4 of an inch between the bottom of the dist shaft and the base of the t-2. Where the gasket usually goes. Do I need a spacer? 2 gaskets?. What size? Any help appreciated..
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Have you been through stabbing a distributor and establishing TDC before? Did the motor get rotated any at all since you pulled dist?
If it did, then you need to get #1 piston up on TDC on compression stroke. Then drop distributor in with rotor pointing to #1 pole on dist cap.
If motor hasn't been moved any, then I assume you're dropping it so the rotor is pointing to same spot it was when you pulled it? Since the gear is angled, the dist shaft rotates slightly as it engages and as it goes down. That means you need to start with it a little behind where you think it needs to be as far as rotor position. It will rotate into place as it drops. Try backing the dist back up one tooth and see if it will wiggle down into the hole as it drops. There is an oil pump driveshaft down there that mates to the end of the dist. Look down the hole and at the end of the dist. to see the flat blade slot to engage it. You *might* have to reach down in the motor with a long screwdriver and rotate the oil pump driveshaft slightly to get it to engage dist properly.
Good luck!
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If it did, then you need to get #1 piston up on TDC on compression stroke. Then drop distributor in with rotor pointing to #1 pole on dist cap.
If motor hasn't been moved any, then I assume you're dropping it so the rotor is pointing to same spot it was when you pulled it? Since the gear is angled, the dist shaft rotates slightly as it engages and as it goes down. That means you need to start with it a little behind where you think it needs to be as far as rotor position. It will rotate into place as it drops. Try backing the dist back up one tooth and see if it will wiggle down into the hole as it drops. There is an oil pump driveshaft down there that mates to the end of the dist. Look down the hole and at the end of the dist. to see the flat blade slot to engage it. You *might* have to reach down in the motor with a long screwdriver and rotate the oil pump driveshaft slightly to get it to engage dist properly.
Good luck!
JIM
Last edited by 427Hotrod; Jul 8, 2007 at 07:43 PM.
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Have you been through stabbing a distributor and establishing TDC before? Did the motor get rotated any at all since you pulled dist?
If it did, then you need to get #1 piston up on TDC on compression stroke. Then drop distributor in with rotor pointing to #1 pole on dist cap.
If motor hasn't been moved any, then I assume you're dropping it so the rotor is pointing to same spot it was when you pulled it? Since the gear is angled, the dist shaft rotates slightly as it engages and as it goes down. That means you need to start with it a little behind where you think it needs to be as far as rotor position. It will rotate into place as it drops. Try backing the dist back up one tooth and see if it will wiggle down into the hole as it drops. There is an oil pump driveshaft down there that mates to the end of the dist. Look down the hole and at the end of the dist. to see the flat blade slot to engage it. You *might* have to reach down in the motor with a long screwdriver and rotate the oil pump driveshaft slightly to get it to engage dist properly.
Good luck!
JIM
If it did, then you need to get #1 piston up on TDC on compression stroke. Then drop distributor in with rotor pointing to #1 pole on dist cap.
If motor hasn't been moved any, then I assume you're dropping it so the rotor is pointing to same spot it was when you pulled it? Since the gear is angled, the dist shaft rotates slightly as it engages and as it goes down. That means you need to start with it a little behind where you think it needs to be as far as rotor position. It will rotate into place as it drops. Try backing the dist back up one tooth and see if it will wiggle down into the hole as it drops. There is an oil pump driveshaft down there that mates to the end of the dist. Look down the hole and at the end of the dist. to see the flat blade slot to engage it. You *might* have to reach down in the motor with a long screwdriver and rotate the oil pump driveshaft slightly to get it to engage dist properly.
Good luck!
JIM
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Yep..intake should be the same....just turn oil pump shaft a little.
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I got it.
Heres another question. The hayes manual says bring #1 to TDC then turn the crank til the mark is opposite the static mark (im assuming on the timing tab). Then it says to stab the dist with the rotor pointing opposite #1.
I just brought #1 to TDC then stabbed the dist with the rotor at #1. Am I ok. Seems like this is how Ive done it before..
Thanks for the help..
Heres another question. The hayes manual says bring #1 to TDC then turn the crank til the mark is opposite the static mark (im assuming on the timing tab). Then it says to stab the dist with the rotor pointing opposite #1.
I just brought #1 to TDC then stabbed the dist with the rotor at #1. Am I ok. Seems like this is how Ive done it before..
Thanks for the help..
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