problem with cam and distributor gear on a 400

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Old 09-24-2005, 02:29 PM
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problem with cam and distributor gear on a 400

Ok my truck quit runing so I checked everything and it turns out that the distributer gear that drives the oilpump and the dist has worn about half its teeth off how do I tell if the cams bent of the distrubuters bent
PS the dist is remanufactured and so the enginge it also has a HV oil pump
I picked up a accel plug and play distributer for it but dont wan to put it in if itll just get ate up
 
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Old 09-24-2005, 07:19 PM
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HV oil pump and what weight of oil are you running? is the gear worn evenly around itself or only on one side? is the cam in the engine stock ?
if you want to check the dizzy shaft at home, you can chuck the threads of a machine screw with a 5/16" hex head(screw gun bit drivers have 5/16" shafts) into a drill and set the distributor onto the 5/16" hex and turn it to see how straight she spins. hold onto everything! check your drills max rpm and remember that the distributor turns at 1/2 engine speed. a 2500rpm drill will equal 5000 engine rpm.
 

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