Mike,
>From your mail I am intuiting that you pulled the distributor out, but not
the lower shaft under the distributor. I also understand that you have a
spark at the plugs, but the engine won't start. I also understand that you
have had the engine backfire when trying to start it.
Did you turn the engine over with the distributor out? If you did the lower
shaft may not be timed correctly now. If you didn't, remove the distributor
again and look carefully at lower shaft. You will see that the slot in it that
the distributor mates with is off center. Make sure that your distributor
shaft has its shaft oriented to allow the bottom of the shaft to align with
the slot in the lower shaft.
Second question: did you remove the wires from the distributor cap? If you
did you may have gotten them back on incorrectly.
Peace,
Pat
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On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Datsun Sports wrote:
> well I pulled the distributor on my early 67 to remove a broken screw. I got
> everything in now but I don't get a spark now. I checked the fuses and found
> one that had blown and replaced it. still no spark. I only pulled to top
> part of the distributor and not the base that mounts to the block. the wires
> are hooked up. can installing the distributor cause lack spark if its not in
> right or should I be looking elsewhere. the car ran fine until I pulled.
> getting very frustrated with this car.
>
> thx,
>
> mike
>
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