Stuck dizzy
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Stuck dizzy
Any reason my distributor shouldn't just pop right out? I am tearing into the motor on my '67 and want the intake off. Problem is this thing is stuck so tight I coulda tossed the hold down and never noticed.... I never got to timing this motor as i knew it was coming out anyway. I have tapped with moderate blows on the underside with this nylon drift but it is not budging.
Ideas, tips or tricks you experts use???
Ideas, tips or tricks you experts use???
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Happens to a lot of engines , all kinds of ways to work at it even breaking it to get it out. I have heard of guys pulling the pan and using a long drift to hammer it up and out . You would have to get the oil pump out of the way . I'v never had to do that so far. I will suggest that when you put it back in do a little prep work. If using the old dist. clean it up real good and take some sand paper or some thing like it and smooth it up real good. Then take a brake cylinder hone and smooth that hole in the intake up real good. Then put some no-seeze lube in the opening as well as on the dist. and that might make it a little more easy to get out the next time.
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Got it out with a 2 pound brass drift and a 3 pound sledge. I just wasn't convincing enough before I guess....
Not sure I'd put never seize lube in the hole though.... Seems abrasive to me. Best to just keep it moveable as a prevention maybe rather than leaving it alone for 45 years....
Not sure I'd put never seize lube in the hole though.... Seems abrasive to me. Best to just keep it moveable as a prevention maybe rather than leaving it alone for 45 years....
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Got it out with a 2 pound brass drift and a 3 pound sledge. I just wasn't convincing enough before I guess....
Not sure I'd put never seize lube in the hole though.... Seems abrasive to me. Best to just keep it moveable as a prevention maybe rather than leaving it alone for 45 years....
Not sure I'd put never seize lube in the hole though.... Seems abrasive to me. Best to just keep it moveable as a prevention maybe rather than leaving it alone for 45 years....
_The dist. is not moving around causing it to cut away any metal , it's bolted down. I can see if it was on a moving part it could do some damage.
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How do you keep it from getting down into the engine oil?
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Not use a lot,just a thin covering , yes it would not be good to get it in the oil. Just a suggestion as i have not had any problems. I would not expect any body to do it if they were unsure about it. At the least lube it with something,engine assembly lube would be good, or just motor oil and move it ever so often though the years.
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I had the same problem in my 460 and had to take a chain wrench, with a long pipe, to it after soaking it for days with PB Blaster and lacquer thinner. I put a small amount of wheel bearing grease on mine to facilitate removing it later.
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It don't get stuck at the intake manifold that has the rubber o-ring dizzy seal. It from #1. of a few reasons the wrong type of oil being used and not changed often enough. It's a build up of sludge crap in the block where the dizzy drops into line up the cam & dizzy gears engage. I'd guess not setting the timing for many many yrs could add to the problem. These need to be twisted while lifting is the best way not to break it..A warm motor may also help!..orich
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It don't get stuck at the intake manifold that has the rubber o-ring dizzy seal. It from #1. of a few reasons the wrong type of oil being used and not changed often enough. It's a build up of sludge crap in the block where the dizzy drops into line up the cam & dizzy gears engage. I'd guess not setting the timing for many many yrs could add to the problem. These need to be twisted while lifting is the best way not to break it..A warm motor may also help!..orich
I do know the truck has seen little use since the early to mid 90's logging less than 10,000 miles in that time frame. When I got it the date scratched on the filter was 5/2010. Don't have the mileage at that time though but it couldn't be much. The truck sat and sat.... Upper cylinders are loaded with crud. Below the cylinders looks okay and everything is tight. but it will need to come completely apart for a thorough cleaning.
Prior to using the brass drift and sledgehammer mentioned I even tried a pair of 16" vise grips pliers to spin it and didn't do much other than tear up the distributor shaft. I probably hit it 50-70 times HARD with that hammer too before it came out.
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