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Mar 6, 2002 | 10:04 PM

dewey_gubbels

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distributor stuck!

Mar 28, 2002 | 10:27 AM

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distributor stuck!

after loosening my distributor hold down clamp and using a wire brush and penetrating oil to remove the rust around the base of the distr. shaft, i still cant budge the darned thing. i'm trying to adjust my timing. suggestions? TIA.

ric
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Mar 28, 2002 | 01:52 PM

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There seems to be a lot of this.

Just keep spraying the penetrating fluid to it and keep trying it.

Sometimes pouring some Coca-Cola(tm) on it helps too.

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Mar 28, 2002 | 02:43 PM

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>Sometimes pouring some Coca-Cola(tm) on it helps too.

>Dennis

LOL! i'm a pepsi guy ;-)

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Mar 28, 2002 | 08:12 PM

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hey rics if those ideas dont work, remove the vacum advance and using a oil filter wrench to rotate thst dist use carb cleaner spraying around the bottom of the shaft. Hope that helps good luck, chuck.

Mar 28, 2002 | 09:42 PM

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>>Sometimes pouring some Coca-Cola(tm) on it helps too.
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>>Dennis
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> LOL! i'm a pepsi guy ;-)
>

LQ

That's probably why you are suffering from Seizures !

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Mar 29, 2002 | 12:31 AM

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This happened to both of my 460's, '74 and '89. I tried the penetrating oil on both for a few days and it didn't work with either. Now I am known for lapses in judgement when I'm mad at a mechanical object, and I get pretty firmly into the belief that if it's gonna be fixed, the proccess is gonna showcase a crowbar somewhere along the line. For both I just wedged a crowbar between the block and the distributor housing and gave the bar a good yank. I went fairly easy on my '89, but with the '74, since it was already toast, I gave it everything I had. It worked with both and it's kind of a last ditch option, you just gotta make sure you don't mess up or crack your distributor housing.

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