Distributor tolerances
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Distributor tolerances
Continuing my saga of ignition issues. My distributor seems fairly healthy, but there is a little bit of lateral wiggle in the shaft. It is enough to make the point gap change when the point wiper is on the cam of the shaft. It would say it moves it 5 thou or so. Is this enough to be giving me some issues? Thanks!
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Continuing my saga of ignition issues. My distributor seems fairly healthy, but there is a little bit of lateral wiggle in the shaft. It is enough to make the point gap change when the point wiper is on the cam of the shaft. It would say it moves it 5 thou or so. Is this enough to be giving me some issues? Thanks!
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Not sure if it interests you, but we swapped in an HEI dizzy on the 77' and 73' (300 & 360) within the last two weeks. Simple 20 minute job, both engines run smoother and you get rid of the coil, ignition box and some ugly wiring too.
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Thanks for the input. I picked up a reman dizzy today and installed it. It ran good until I started getting bad top end noise and rough running. Something is REALLY wrong now...
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Did you install the oil pump shaft?
Does your engine have the shaft on the end of the distributor? I don't know... but my 300 I6 did.
And when I installed the EFI for the first time, I forgot it... the engine sure made a clatter! That engine didn't last long after that :P
Does your engine have the shaft on the end of the distributor? I don't know... but my 300 I6 did.
And when I installed the EFI for the first time, I forgot it... the engine sure made a clatter! That engine didn't last long after that :P
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