[Tigers] Distributor continued

[Ron Fraser]

Stu

                This is one of the times you need patience.

The oil drive is a hex shaft and you have a helical distributor drive gear.

 

You need to turn the oil drive hex shaft slightly then try installing the distributor into the position you started.

 

The other side of this problem – you can still get the distributor turned to get the timing correct; it will just be a different position.

 

The correct position for the distributor is with the vacuum canister pointed nearly straight ahead.   I have seen many that are 1 tooth off.

 

Ron Fraser

 

From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Stu via Tigers
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 3:00 PM
To: Tiger Net <Tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Tigers] Distributor continued

 

Ok, I got the distributor out, cleaned everything up, and went to put it back in.  Problem.  It will only go all the way down with the gear one tooth off from where it came out.  If I start putting it in with the rotor pointing where it stopped as I pulled it out, the gear engages and it looks like it will rotate into the right position, but it won't go down all the way.  If I start with it one tooth ccw, it goes in just fine, but the rotor is not in the original position.  I took a "before" picture before I pulled it out, so I know where the rotor was pointing.

 

Nothing has moved,  the tranny is in neutral, no power on at all.  I'm assuming that this must relate to the oil pump drive not engaging.  What do I do now?

 

Stu

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