Thomas,
That's something you would never read in a workshop manual.
A great diagnosis and solution!
Well diagnosed!
Thank you for sharing.
Sincerely.
Chris
www.myaustinhealey.com
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On 11/09/2010, at 6:26 PM, "T+ B Willig" <willig@wtnet.de> wrote:
> Hi Tadek,
>
> I encountered the same problem a few weeks ago. The solution was very
> simple: I had filed the engine with oil, while the distributor was
> off the
> engine. The oil filled the bore in the block were the end of the
> drive shaft
> should be seated. What happened is, that when I inserted the dizzy
> the drive
> shaft compressed the oil to a certain extend..but then finito,
> nada, the
> dizzy would not seat completely. Solution: I sucked the oil out of
> the bore
> with a syringe to which a piece of clear washer hose was attached.
> After
> that all was well.
>
> Regards
>
> Thomas Willig
>
>> A small question here..:
>>
>> My engine is finally painted with the gearbox painted and I tried
>> to mount
>> the distributor, but is does not want to sit all the way in. There
>> is about
>> 5mm gap:
>> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/
>> HealeyEngine#5515356135052686962
>> or http://tinyurl.com/2v9xrtc
>>
>> Anyone has any idea what the problem is?
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