Okay...Earlier I posted this thread, including the details to why I am here now...
So, I have gotten to the point to were I know now that it is a distributor problem. At first i thought I would replace the Dist. with a delco unit. Then I thought, maybe I should just swap it out with a rebuilt Prestolite unit.
Then my CASO tendancies hit...and I figured that the cheapest thing to do would be to rebuild the goofy thing...(actually, that is about all that I can afford!!)
so. I have begun to disassemble the dist. I am down to the dist. cam that sits above the weights (those are the problem, totally worn, about to fly off their shafts!!) I have removed the cam lock spring (the thing that you have to expand and lift out in order to take off, small little wire thing) But now that it is off, I cannot get the cam off the shaft to get to the weights. It feels like it is hitting against the lock spring still, or something simalar. According to the shop manual, it seems like you should be able to lift the dist. cam off right after removing the lock spring, but I cannot get it to budge. If anyone could offer some help in order to get this thing off, I would be very grateful!
1963 Lark Custom, 259 V8, TT, 4 doors, 2 tone paint, and garaged for the winter...I can't wait til spring!!
So, I have gotten to the point to were I know now that it is a distributor problem. At first i thought I would replace the Dist. with a delco unit. Then I thought, maybe I should just swap it out with a rebuilt Prestolite unit.
Then my CASO tendancies hit...and I figured that the cheapest thing to do would be to rebuild the goofy thing...(actually, that is about all that I can afford!!)
so. I have begun to disassemble the dist. I am down to the dist. cam that sits above the weights (those are the problem, totally worn, about to fly off their shafts!!) I have removed the cam lock spring (the thing that you have to expand and lift out in order to take off, small little wire thing) But now that it is off, I cannot get the cam off the shaft to get to the weights. It feels like it is hitting against the lock spring still, or something simalar. According to the shop manual, it seems like you should be able to lift the dist. cam off right after removing the lock spring, but I cannot get it to budge. If anyone could offer some help in order to get this thing off, I would be very grateful!
1963 Lark Custom, 259 V8, TT, 4 doors, 2 tone paint, and garaged for the winter...I can't wait til spring!!
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