Why Won't My Distributor Go In at Samantha Lackey blog

Why Won't My Distributor Go In. I built a new short block, same heards and intake, but now the distributor won't drop in all the way. I did change the distributor. If this is your issue, then the easiest way to fix it is cut off the bottom of distributor shaft. You will want to cut at a minimum the distance that the distributor base is sitting off of. If you have a big block shaft in a small block it will cause the distributor to sit up even when fully seated in the notch on the. But as you've discovered it won't usually drop all the way in on the first try because the oil pump drive shaft isn't aligned perfectly. After you verify the distributor is correctly aligned w/the oil pump drive shaft, check that the distributor isn't bottoming out. This is because there is spiral cut gears on the distributor so that the distributor shaft rotates when the distributor is lifted out. I have been unable to get the distributor to sit flush to the intake manifold on my small block chevy.

You will want to cut at a minimum the distance that the distributor base is sitting off of. I built a new short block, same heards and intake, but now the distributor won't drop in all the way. If you have a big block shaft in a small block it will cause the distributor to sit up even when fully seated in the notch on the. I have been unable to get the distributor to sit flush to the intake manifold on my small block chevy. If this is your issue, then the easiest way to fix it is cut off the bottom of distributor shaft. After you verify the distributor is correctly aligned w/the oil pump drive shaft, check that the distributor isn't bottoming out. I did change the distributor. But as you've discovered it won't usually drop all the way in on the first try because the oil pump drive shaft isn't aligned perfectly. This is because there is spiral cut gears on the distributor so that the distributor shaft rotates when the distributor is lifted out.

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Why Won't My Distributor Go In I have been unable to get the distributor to sit flush to the intake manifold on my small block chevy. But as you've discovered it won't usually drop all the way in on the first try because the oil pump drive shaft isn't aligned perfectly. I did change the distributor. You will want to cut at a minimum the distance that the distributor base is sitting off of. If this is your issue, then the easiest way to fix it is cut off the bottom of distributor shaft. I built a new short block, same heards and intake, but now the distributor won't drop in all the way. I have been unable to get the distributor to sit flush to the intake manifold on my small block chevy. After you verify the distributor is correctly aligned w/the oil pump drive shaft, check that the distributor isn't bottoming out. If you have a big block shaft in a small block it will cause the distributor to sit up even when fully seated in the notch on the. This is because there is spiral cut gears on the distributor so that the distributor shaft rotates when the distributor is lifted out.