302/351W same dizzy??
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302/351W same dizzy??
I was did an intake and carb on my 69 bronco 302, I pulled the distributor for more room and I noticed that chunk of one of the drive gears was missing. Its just a stock dist. and I have an old one off of my mustang which had a 302 which was in perfect running order and in good shape is there any difference or would I have any probs? installing the 302 dist on the 351?
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Originally Posted by v8xploder
I was did an intake and carb on my 69 bronco 302, I pulled the distributor for more room and I noticed that chunk of one of the drive gears was missing. Its just a stock dist. and I have an old one off of my mustang which had a 302 which was in perfect running order and in good shape is there any difference or would I have any probs? installing the 302 dist on the 351?
In any event you can't interchange distributors between these 2 blocks, the 351 uses a larger diameter drive shaft, and as a result the housing has a larger diameter.
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If there's a chunk of gear missing, there's a very high probability that it's still floating (well maybe not floating) around in the pan. All it takes is 1 itty bitty chunk to get sucked up into the oil pump, and bang!- rebuild time. I'd at least drop the pan and clean it out, and relace the o.p. and drive shaft. I'd go with a Duraspark dizzy and control box. They're cheap, plentiful, reliable and easy to install. JMO.
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Yea i already had the pan off and there was nothing in there thankfully, Anyone know what to do here I dont have a timing pointer, ( one of the many things I have found wrong with my bronco that the P/O had done ) Should I try to find one off a different engine?? Are they the same on all 351W?
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Originally Posted by v8xploder
Thanks, I guess its time to order up the MSD ive been thinking about!
http://www.performancedistributors.com/forddistributor.htm
Also, there is now an excellent installation article on the D.U.I. Distributor on the Ford-Trucks.com site at:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/idx/0/358/article/DUI_Ignition_Installation_In_A_Ford_351W_V8.html
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