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Is there a trick to getting the distributor shaft to fully seat without rotating the crank? When I re-install the distributor, it is about 0.25" from fully seating. I know it's because the notch in the distributor shaft isn't lining up with the oil pump spline, but I have only been able to get it to fully seat after advancing the crank which has messed up the timing.
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You can go in with a flat tip screw driver and turn the oil pump (not if you have a 1936)
Gene Schneider
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If the distributor is in the correct tooth on the cam it should continue to be correctly aligned after setting in the oil pump drive. If the oil pump does not need to be "timed", as you fit the distributor as far as it will go watch which way the rotor turns and it is too far of change the gear position 1 tooth the opposite direction and refit to the partial fitted position and turn the crank to align the oil pump then recheck the distributor timing.
Tony
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Gene - I had tried the screw driver to adjust the pump alignment, but I still couldn't get the distributor shaft lined up. I'm sure if I worked a little longer, I could have found the sweet spot.
Tony - I'm not familiar with identifying the tooth on the cam as it relates to the distributor on the 1930.
Thanks,
Brandon
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remember that as you seat the distributor the shaft will turn a small amount, so it takes some playing to get it right so that when you drop it in and it turns on the cam gear the shaft ends (slot) will line up !! it takes me a few tries, with a slight tweak each time then boom it drops in place :)
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Bears fan explained it better and I will add a bit more, the camshaft gear and distributor gear are angled so when the distributor drops down the distributor turns slightly often means not lining up with the oil pump but also may position the rotor in the wrong position. The latter is corrected by lifting the distributor back up and turning the rotor to sit in the next tooth around in the drive gear but may require repositioning the oil pump drive to align it.
Tony
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