fully seating the distributor?

[airkooledchris]

Ok, im lost. What's the trick to fully seating the distributor?

I can get mine in *most* of the way, but not *ALL* the way.

Is the drive gear sitting too high?





Even with a different distributor it seems to get stuck at the same point:




hammertime?

[airkooledchris]

well, im making progress at least.

if I spin the rotor and purposefully seat it 180* out, instead of pointing to #1 at TDC, it finally squats down the rest of the way.

I pulled it back up a hair, spun it back into the correct position and again it binds and won't push the rest of the way in.

if I can replicate this behavior with two distributors, then perhaps there's something about the gear that's worn.... I suppose I could just turn the motor over 180* and then try installing it again - so that everything's pointing in the right direction.

[vistacruzer]

no hammer the drive gear my be in 180 out. I had a motor like that. runs fine, cylinder #1 line up with #3 on the distibuter

[Westy78]

So it fits 180° out but not correctly oriented? Is this the same engine the dizzy came out of? You are aware that the drive dog on the dizzy is off center? I ask because it sounds like if it fits 180° off from where it should the drive gear may have been set up wrong. Happened to me when I built my engine. Luckily with the Mallory and optical only pickup it doesn't matter since there is no vacuum can to get in the way.

[vistacruzer]

the dist. can be put in with the can in front. plug 1 in #3 pos on dist. and work your way around

[airkooledchris]

ok, I found TDC incorrectly. it was on #3 - and I didn't realize it was offset to aid in the process. I just got so worried about installing it 180* out that I (of course) made it harder than it needed to be.