69 ford distributor question
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69 ford distributor question
This is my first post here but this site has helped me plenty of times before. My question is for the distribrutor on 69 F-100 with 360 motor. What does the hex key at the end of the shaft do? I bought a new one and have been having all kinds of problems with it as far as getting it to seat all the way down in motor. The last time I tried it I guess the hex key fell in the motor. What does it connect to and control? Thanks in advance.
Tuned
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From: Bliss NY
My first post Too! Hope you got that oil pump shaft out. When installing the distrubter it often won't seat fully but it needs to be. If you can't quite get it try just bumbing the key so the shaft with the pump and the Dist. drive gear meshes fully with the cam. Hope that helps.
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Yeah thanks guys, after digging a little on here I found a pretty detailed thread on it. Advanced sells them for about seven bucks. I think that thing has been keeping my distributor from seating all the way. I'll pull the distributor out, retop dead center the motor, reinstall distributor and fire it up. It runs fine for about half a minute then acts like the timeing is going out, like the gear on the distributor is slipping.
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what i like to do before i put my distributor back in is if it doesnt go, i pull it back out, then take a small nutdriver, stick it down in the engine and give that oil pump a little spin so it lines up. just dont use a socket, cuz if it falls in there youre doomed!
you can just put the distributor in any which way, and if the motor is at tdc then you make whichever post you want to be your new number 1 spark plug wire, but i personally like my #1 plug to be at the 1 oclock position, so i tweak it with the nutdriver so its right where i want it. the distributor should pop right into place and not take any forcing. and then i like to torque that hold down fork till its "pft" but not too much!
you can just put the distributor in any which way, and if the motor is at tdc then you make whichever post you want to be your new number 1 spark plug wire, but i personally like my #1 plug to be at the 1 oclock position, so i tweak it with the nutdriver so its right where i want it. the distributor should pop right into place and not take any forcing. and then i like to torque that hold down fork till its "pft" but not too much!
