Distributor doesnt advance!!!!
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Thanks for all your guy's help! Got it running SUPER GOOD! What I ended up doing is buying an entire duraspark distributor with new cap and rotor. I used the magnetic trigger from the distributor with my MSD 6AL ignition box and it worked perfect! only 3 or 4 wires to complete the conversion! Now I have full timing advance.
My only problem is: with my new dist. it has a brand new gear on it, before i put this distibutor in the old one worked fine. No advance with that one though, i ran that distributor for years so the gear was worn and the cam ran on it for about a year. When I put this new distributor in I now have a "knock". I dont know where its contacting! Its a constant knock and rises with engine rpm. At 700rpm I cant hear it or feel it. Above 1500rpm I can feel and hear it. Should I just keep running it till it wears down? Or what could be happening with my "knock." Should I put engine break in lube on the gear? I used engine oil on the gear before I installed it.
My only problem is: with my new dist. it has a brand new gear on it, before i put this distibutor in the old one worked fine. No advance with that one though, i ran that distributor for years so the gear was worn and the cam ran on it for about a year. When I put this new distributor in I now have a "knock". I dont know where its contacting! Its a constant knock and rises with engine rpm. At 700rpm I cant hear it or feel it. Above 1500rpm I can feel and hear it. Should I just keep running it till it wears down? Or what could be happening with my "knock." Should I put engine break in lube on the gear? I used engine oil on the gear before I installed it.
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It sounds like the knock only happens every TDC of cylinder #1. just that pattern and rises with engine speed. I let my older brother borrow my truck and I hope I dont have rod knock on my brand new engine I built. It may not be that its following TDC but its at that rate.
At 600rpm almost invisible, at 1000rpm every second the knock appears. After I ran the motor for 10min on the new dist. the knock was bad. After I let it sit an hour the knock was much less as far as how loud it was.
At 600rpm almost invisible, at 1000rpm every second the knock appears. After I ran the motor for 10min on the new dist. the knock was bad. After I let it sit an hour the knock was much less as far as how loud it was.
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