stuck distributor
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
Patience Please 
Just keep putting the penetrating fluid to it.
Don't just stick with the Blaster.
Try others except WD-40.
Amway makes a product called Wonder Mist, if you can latch onto some of that it would help.
This may a take a week or so off 10-12 times daily of spraying that area.
You can try tapping the Vacuum advance as well to see of it will loosen it.
Once you get it loose, apply some anti-sieze lube liberally then re-install the dizzy
Check the vacuum advance for it being seized and the diaphram inside it for being dried out and leaking.
Best yet is to just replace it
remember...patience
Just keep putting the penetrating fluid to it.
Don't just stick with the Blaster.
Try others except WD-40.
Amway makes a product called Wonder Mist, if you can latch onto some of that it would help.
This may a take a week or so off 10-12 times daily of spraying that area.
You can try tapping the Vacuum advance as well to see of it will loosen it.
Once you get it loose, apply some anti-sieze lube liberally then re-install the dizzy
Check the vacuum advance for it being seized and the diaphram inside it for being dried out and leaking.
Best yet is to just replace it
remember...patience
Thanks
Last edited by thefonz#1; Jul 29, 2006 at 09:23 PM.
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I got two other trucks so not too worried...I used the 30w just so if anything fell in it wouldnt be too bad..Plus PB Blaster didnt work..I was gonna use some stuff similar to Liquid Plumber...But I gotta get the hose ready for rinsing....
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Quote: Why do you say "except WD40"? (just curious)
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Because in the REAL world of penetrating fluid, WD-40 is crap !
There are so many that are better.
PB Blaster
CRC
Wonder Mist
just to name a few.
WD-40 got where they did on Marketing much like Armor-All did.
Their product is really inferior to others.
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Btw,Using all the text in the post to quote a couple of words is waste.
I would have done this instead to make it simple and shorter.
Mil1ion Quoted: Don't just stick with the Blaster.
Try others except WD-40.
Why do you say "except WD40"? (just curious)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's just my opinion. I think there is way too much wrong usage of the quote feature
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Because in the REAL world of penetrating fluid, WD-40 is crap !
There are so many that are better.
PB Blaster
CRC
Wonder Mist
just to name a few.
WD-40 got where they did on Marketing much like Armor-All did.
Their product is really inferior to others.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Btw,Using all the text in the post to quote a couple of words is waste.
I would have done this instead to make it simple and shorter.
Mil1ion Quoted: Don't just stick with the Blaster.
Try others except WD-40.
Why do you say "except WD40"? (just curious)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's just my opinion.
I think there is way too much wrong usage of the quote feature
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Originally Posted by Slag-hammer
I wonder how many others have had the same problem.
I can really only speak for myself but I know I've broken a few distributors. Frustration + lack of patience + BFH = 
Last edited by Jmudder79; Jul 30, 2006 at 06:31 AM.
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Originally Posted by thefonz#1
Why do you say "except WD40"? (just curious)
Thanks
Thanks
i had the same problem of a stuck distributor on a 289 in my 65 falcon that sat for 20 years, with the plug wires 1 space advanced.. i tried for 3 weeks to get the dang thing to move, soaking 4-5 times a day with pb blaster. finally when i took the intake off to replace the leaking front gasket, i used an oxy-acetylene torch to heat up the front of the block all around the distributor hole, and a pipe wrench on the distributor shaft to twist it. it took over 30 minutes to get it out, and that was getting the block VERY HOT, and breaking the distributor housing. but that engine did run for another 8 years before a head gasket let loose.
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Because in the REAL world of penetrating fluid, WD-40 is crap !
Ok Thanks for the info.
Btw,Using all the text in the post to quote a couple of words is waste.
It's just my opinion. I think there is way too much wrong usage of the quote feature [/QUOTE]
Ok, got it. Better?
Ok Thanks for the info.
Btw,Using all the text in the post to quote a couple of words is waste.
It's just my opinion.
I think there is way too much wrong usage of the quote feature [/QUOTE]Ok, got it. Better?
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Originally Posted by R Pope
Take the vacuum advance off, and use a cloth strap type filter wrench on it. If and when you get it out, put some anti-sieze goop on it.
Besiedes, I that you only wanted to rotate the unit for better timming.
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[QUOTE=Mil1ion]If you can find some of this ....buy it.
http://www.corrosion-control.com/corrblock.html[/QUOTE]
yea shure... post the link, but not where you can buy it!!!
http://www.corrosion-control.com/corrblock.html[/QUOTE]
yea shure... post the link, but not where you can buy it!!!
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