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garyd1961 · 01-15-2020, 04:18 PM

Are you sure you are lining the slot in the oil pump shaft up with the cross pin in the gear?
The gear rotates as the distributor sits down into the intake and you have to back up the gear to allow for this rotation.
It may take several tries to get it right.

01-15-2020, 04:18 PM	#19
garyd1961 Registered User Join Date: May 2016 Location: Henderson NC Posts: 975	Re: Distributor won't sit down all the way on my 327 Are you sure you are lining the slot in the oil pump shaft up with the cross pin in the gear? The gear rotates as the distributor sits down into the intake and you have to back up the gear to allow for this rotation. It may take several tries to get it right.