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TopFuel1966 · 10-11-2012, 02:29 PM

If the distributor driven gear is engaged with the drive gear on the camshaft but the hold down flange won't go all the way down flush with the manifold surface that means that the end of the driven gear is not engaging with the oil pump drive shaft. It's a 180 degree slotted drive so there's only two ways it will engage. You may need to reach down into the hole with a long screwdriver and adjust the pump shaft so that the little bar in the end of the gear on the distributor will properly engage the slot in the shaft.

10-11-2012, 02:29 PM	#7
TopFuel1966 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 471	Re: idiot ? - distributor hold do9wn how If the distributor driven gear is engaged with the drive gear on the camshaft but the hold down flange won't go all the way down flush with the manifold surface that means that the end of the driven gear is not engaging with the oil pump drive shaft. It's a 180 degree slotted drive so there's only two ways it will engage. You may need to reach down into the hole with a long screwdriver and adjust the pump shaft so that the little bar in the end of the gear on the distributor will properly engage the slot in the shaft.