Distributor Stuck
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Distributor Stuck
Just got a 92 F250 with a 460 and went to upgrade the ignition stuff and set the base timing. Well, the distributor is stu-uck. wouldn't move with a large wrench or even applying pressure on the wrench with a crow bar and a hammer. Anyone run into this before, and any solutions? Timing is set right now at about 4 deg. BTDC. I know I am leaving power and milage on the table so I want to fix this. Any help would be appreciated.
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Was the motor warm? If not you might try warming it up first......that might help. I've had them kinda stuck in place before, but they always break loose with a wrench. You sure you have the hold down loosened up enough?
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Lots and lots of gunk. I sprayed a crapload of WD-40 to loosen up mine.
Just spray leave it for awhile and start using your muscles and if it budges a little apply more wd-40 and keep moving it.
Now that i've contributed to the question... i'll try not to be too
annoying but I need your help guys. I'm in a pic competition (click on link under my signature picture.) Your votes for my truck would be greatly
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Just spray leave it for awhile and start using your muscles and if it budges a little apply more wd-40 and keep moving it.
Now that i've contributed to the question... i'll try not to be too
annoying but I need your help guys. I'm in a pic competition (click on link under my signature picture.) Your votes for my truck would be greatly
appreciated.
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Hold down was off and engine warm. I'll try the WD 40 thing.
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Lucky you. Mine is needing a new oil pump.
My odometer reads about 210k
302 still performs like a champ.
My distributor wasnt that stuck but I did
have a bit of trouble.
My odometer reads about 210k
302 still performs like a champ.
My distributor wasnt that stuck but I did
have a bit of trouble.
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just be careful, i have actually snapped the dizzy in half before torqueing on it too much, lucky for me it was on a junk block anyways
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Spray some penetrating oil (like PB blaster or something, I had liquid wrench at the time so I used that) at the base of the distributor where it goes into the block. Mine was seized in there on my 302. I removed the plastic base (that is attached by two screws), put a "C" Clamp on the distributor and tightened it. (like what you use to shove a brake caliper piston back into the caliper). It freed up and came out pretty easily this way.
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Spray some penetrating oil (like PB blaster or something, I had liquid wrench at the time so I used that) at the base of the distributor where it goes into the block. Mine was seized in there on my 302. I removed the plastic base (that is attached by two screws), put a "C" Clamp on the distributor and tightened it. (like what you use to shove a brake caliper piston back into the caliper). It freed up and came out pretty easily this way.
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get some CRC Freeze off. This will cool the dizzy shaft and shrink it so you can turn it . I destroyed the first dizzy i had to take out but the freeze off finally was the only product that worked the 2nd time around without destroying the dizzy. Freeze off is a penetrating lubricant also. I tried PB ,Kroil,WD40 with no success and this was after soaking it everyday for 2 weeks!!
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I just went through this with my '92 460.138K. Stuck aint the word. I am lucky I didn't break it off. I searched the web and someone mentioned soaking with PB (Which I had been doing for several days with no luck) and using an air hammer with the rounded end and a length of board between the hammer and the dizzy at it's base to vibrate the penetrant into the gap. It actually worked. And it worked fast. My timing is now @ 12* and the truck starts and runs better. It was at 9*.
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WD40 sucks, just as much as CA's other chief export, our current House speaker. My nerdy friends like to be cool and say "Duct Tape holds the universe together". Bullsh**. PB-B'Laster takes it apart faster than General Motors can put together a bailout 
. I digress.
Anyway, I find that a mixture of Blaster and ATF (30:70 or so) is my best friend in battling galvanic corrosion- it even works on boat motors. Douse the dist in that mixture every day before driving to work/school/whatever, and after a week or so even the exhuast mani will come off.
. I digress.Anyway, I find that a mixture of Blaster and ATF (30:70 or so) is my best friend in battling galvanic corrosion- it even works on boat motors. Douse the dist in that mixture every day before driving to work/school/whatever, and after a week or so even the exhuast mani will come off.
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