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Never had this happen before. I am trying to drop in my distributor and I cant get it to lock into the oil pump shaft or the cam gear all the way, probably the cam gear.
This is a new motor and a new MSD distributor.
I have tried lining up the oil pump shaft to get it close to position bring the motor up to #1 set the distributor in and it locks with gear some and the rotor turns but no amount of turning the motor over and putting pressure on the rotor will cause the distributor to drop all the way in.
The only thing I can think of is maybe the intake slightly out of alignment. There seems to be a lot of "slack" in the bolt holes wen installing the intake.(meaning you can move the intake left and right and front and back slightly before it tightened down). It is a victor jr. The distributor seems to rather tight around the intake hole.
I have installed many an intake and distributor and have never ran into this.
Anybody else run into this?
Any suggestions are welcome.
This is a new motor and a new MSD distributor.
I have tried lining up the oil pump shaft to get it close to position bring the motor up to #1 set the distributor in and it locks with gear some and the rotor turns but no amount of turning the motor over and putting pressure on the rotor will cause the distributor to drop all the way in.
The only thing I can think of is maybe the intake slightly out of alignment. There seems to be a lot of "slack" in the bolt holes wen installing the intake.(meaning you can move the intake left and right and front and back slightly before it tightened down). It is a victor jr. The distributor seems to rather tight around the intake hole.
I have installed many an intake and distributor and have never ran into this.
Anybody else run into this?
Any suggestions are welcome.