Nasty Little Distributor

[h0wb0y]

Ugh. I was hoping to hear that there was some tricky connection to the cam or something. I definitely did not expect to hear that it may be rusted to the manifold - because I always thought that aluminum didn't rust.

The motor does not turn at all - which is making it a real pain. I can't get the transmission off either because I can't get to all of the flywheel bolts. That is the reason I was going to pull the entire motor apart immediately - so I could see what was going on in the cylinders. I figured I may be able to detach the pistons from the crank and tap the pistons loose with a wood block if they were just locked in there by some surface rust - or possibly water (but then I would assume the block would be trashed if the cylinder had been full of water for years).

I have not tried to take the manifold off with the distributor still in there.

I REALLY don't know much about properly using a torch - much less trying to heat the block up...

Anyone else have any thoughts on any of this?