47-55.1 Eliminate draft tube options

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Where did the cam come from? Is it the one that was in the engine before you sent it off to be redone?
It seems cam gear/distributor gear must be the problem area.

Maybe this will help confirm length is not an issue:
I was over where we have some parts stored and spotted a distributor in the trunk of '46 parts car that has a 216 in it, it was sold alongside a 46 with a '54 261 installed. So I don't know what exactly this distributor is from. But 216, 235 and 261 distributors are supposed to fit all the same, but with different weights on 261 advance. And different materials for gears early vs late distributors

As you can see I had nothing with me to measure with. Assuming guys in Texas might have a problem laying hands on a Canuck 20, I converted for you:

edit, well that picture sucks. It shows measurements from the bottom of hold down clamp:
Oil hole 0.75"
bottom of housing where it curves in 2.0"
center of pin for gear 3.0"
overall length 4.8"

I got 1.1" on the diameter of the gear. but there will be some parallax error...lens was about 24" from distributor. So maybeee close to your 1 3/64


This evening I spotted this http://devestechnet.com/Home/HEIgnition He makes an observation about different cam lobe shapes before after 1954, sharp vs rounded corners to lobes. This may be helpful to date early vs late distributors.