Ok cool guess that's the route I'll
Take, and hope, yeah right now my tires are even off the ground

 

heat the block to cherry red, that was to only way the dizzy came out of my 460,
That was after I snapped off the base from the shaft with 2 pry bars and a week of pb-blaster.
Heat up, cool down, hand removal after that......

 

Thanks reamer I'll give it a try if it hasn't come loose over night, it's at my parents house since I live in the city and working on your car on the street is frowned upon I guess lol hopefully I can get up there after work and we'll go from there!

 

I Had this happen on a 302 before that we were building for a mustang. The distributor shaft was slightly larger than the opening in the block recessed in the block. After much sweating and cursing, it finally hit me- drop the oil pan and get it from underneath. The engine was in the car when we did this and it worked great - we went to home depot and got some steel round stock just slightly smaller than the distributor shaft and used it as a drift pin. My advice would be to use a small sledge hammer so you can get some good power behind the hammer blows. It took about a dozen hits and the thing popped right out. Hope this helps.

BTW, was this engine running before you started this project and is it the factory distributor? I've heard of OE distributors getting stuck but not as bad as you describe. Of course, there's always a first for everything. Just like when edelbrock told me when I called them about a float that failed and filled up with gas - "Oh, we've never had that happen". Yeah, well I must be lying then!

 

And here's the simple process for gaining access on a pickup to drop the small block oil pan (chuckle, guffaw, snorting coffee out my nose...)

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...y-84-351w.html

 

I hear ya man, never said it would be easy.

I should also mention that this 302 had the double sump pan with the cross member running directly underneath it. Had to do the same thing - remove engine mounts and lift the engine about 4-5 inches and stick 2x4's between the block and frame.

It was still quicker than pulling the motor though and what else are you going to do if the distributor is stuck that bad?

For the record, I've done 3 of these types of oil-pan gaskets and I LOATH, LOATH, LOATH the job. What a crappy design!

That guy in the link you referenced had a hilarious opening statement LOL

 

Hey guys! Great news I got it out! You'll never guess what I used! Dubs, it's an aluminum alloy cleaner that smells like crap but works wonders! Combined that with a few taps of the hammer, a pipe wrench and a well placed crow bar! Thanks for the help guys!

 

Congrats man! Now tell me, what are ya goin to do with it?

 

I gave it to my mom for her metal arts and crafts stuff. She makes stuff out of horse shoes and scrap metal. I was tired of looking at it haha