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skoffice · 07-23-2010, 01:23 AM

Nope it's supposed to sit all the way down. Did you turn the engine over at all when you pulled it out? If not, just try to pull it out and reseat it, could be a tooth off. If you did, roll the engine over to top dead center and get a long screw driver and turn the oil pump drive shaft just a few degrees at a time, until the distributor sits down in there properly. It needs to seat all the way into the oil pump drive slot. Then you will have to retime the engine. Make sure you aren't 180 out as well.

07-23-2010, 01:23 AM	#2
skoffice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 375	Re: Distributor seating Nope it's supposed to sit all the way down. Did you turn the engine over at all when you pulled it out? If not, just try to pull it out and reseat it, could be a tooth off. If you did, roll the engine over to top dead center and get a long screw driver and turn the oil pump drive shaft just a few degrees at a time, until the distributor sits down in there properly. It needs to seat all the way into the oil pump drive slot. Then you will have to retime the engine. Make sure you aren't 180 out as well. __________________ 1964 C10 Shortened Shortbed Cammed LQ9 P&P 1967 C10 Trophy Truck BB 438 (soon to be worked on again)