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Re: Ignition Timing

To: "Phil Bates" <jello@ida.net>, "Rocky Frisco" <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Subject: Re: Ignition Timing
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@MGAguru.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:06:15 -0600
At 09:31 AM 12/1/04 -0700, Phil Bates wrote:
>If you've had the distributor out recently, the gear could have pulled up 
>when the distributor was out, and it may or may not have dropped back in 
>the proper teeth.

The distributor drive gear cannot come out unless the distributor base 
casting is removed from the engine block.  If that piece is removed, and 
the gear happened to "pull up and drop back", it would end up in the oil pan.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com




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