5/9/00
Jim,
All Olds/Buick 215 distributors are physically interchangeable, but
there are many different original Delco-Remy part numbers--presumably due
to different details of centrifugal weights, springs, vacuum advance units,
etc. If you need it, I can come up with a list of original numbers and
their applications.
I don't know about crankshaft pulleys but the following dimensions
may be of use to determine if you have the correct pump. My measurements
show a distance from gasket surface to front face of fan/pulley flange of
about 4 1/4 inches for a stock 215 pump, and about 3 3/8 inches for a Buick
300 pump. Do not know about V6 pumps or pulleys.
Cheers,
Dave K.
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>Three Questions
>
>Trying to purchase the correct distributor for my 61 Buick 215. The parts
>store only list distributors for 62 Olds F-85 and Cutlass with 215 motors.
>Are the distributors interchangeable?
>
>Also my water pump pulley sticks out (away from the engine) about one bets
>width farther then the crank pulley. Did I just get a bad water pump or is
>my crank pulley wrong?
>
>Just read a correction in the V8 Newsletter on the tachometer potentiometer
>connections to the 8 pin chip should be between 3 and 8. I have also read
>other places on the web to connect the potentiometer between pins 4 and 7
>with comments from several V8ers that it worked. Which is correct or will
>they both work. I donít have the previous Newsletter.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jim Miller
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