Help With distributor rotor
#1
Help With distributor rotor
ok so today i went out to change the distibter rotor, and when i was all done the car wouldnt start, it turns over but wont catch, i tripple checked everything and its all back on in the right spot, and every once in awhile it makes a loud shratching sound.
please help me out here, i have no clue whats going on, and not sure how i could have messed up so bad
please help me out here, i have no clue whats going on, and not sure how i could have messed up so bad
#11
sears, most part stores.
price goes from about $20for a cheap one on up.
you can actually try to see if the distributor housing can be turned be hand. if it can then you'll need to play a bit to get timing right
price goes from about $20for a cheap one on up.
you can actually try to see if the distributor housing can be turned be hand. if it can then you'll need to play a bit to get timing right
#14
Did you have trouble getting the rotor off. I did and by forcing it off by turning it with pliers I damaged the timing plate under the cover below the rotor. Yes I did remove set screw first! You can remove the two screws in cover plate to see if thin timing wheel is damaged, if so you must replace distributor as part is not available separately.
#15
Originally Posted by Bill Doran
Did you have trouble getting the rotor off. I did and by forcing it off by turning it with pliers I damaged the timing plate under the cover below the rotor. Yes I did remove set screw first! You can remove the two screws in cover plate to see if thin timing wheel is damaged, if so you must replace distributor as part is not available separately.
#16
Ok I have a rotor problem as well and need help really bad to get the Max back on the road... I took my distrib. off and marked the set screw but not he rotor...I was replacing the valve cover gaskets...(I know stupid) but it has turned and I don't know what do do now. Do I set the motor to TDC and then aligen the rotor to fire on the # 1 cylinder? Any help here would be great...
#17
It definitly sounds like you threw the timing WAY off. Try checking to see if you are getting spark at each wire. Take a screw driver and stick it in the end of the wire with another part of the screw driver almost touching metel while you turn it over you should see a spark. If all fireing start at TDC and go from there.
As long as you didn't move anything when you removed the Valve covers it should still be in time... in theroy! Unless you messed somethong else up. But i would start at the wires
As long as you didn't move anything when you removed the Valve covers it should still be in time... in theroy! Unless you messed somethong else up. But i would start at the wires
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