make sure that the pump is engaged properly when installing the
distributor before you try to tighten down the holding clamp.
Make sure that the dis. goes down all the way if not you will need to
align the bottom of the dis. shaft with the oil pump inside of the hole
that the dis. is going in to use a large screw driver to align the Oil
pump with. you can have some one bump the engine over wile you are
pushing down on the dis. to engage it into the pump also this works best
for me. I have one from (*** Langdon's Stovebolt Engine Parts Co.*
<http://www.stoveboltengineco.com/catalog/partsonline.htm>**
http://www.stoveboltengineco.com/catalog/partsonline.htm)
and it works fine I Love it its in my 54 261
Here is a link where you can see my distributor some what
http://webpages.charter.net/bairdr/img/S_HPIM0776.JPG
Robert Baird
tim lloyd wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I know that a number of you have installed Stovebolt's HEI distributor
> in your oletrucks. I just installed one in my '54 Chevy pickup, and I
> can't seem to get the oil pump tang engaged just right -- there's no
> oil circulation and no oil pressure. I'm wondering if I maybe need a
> shorter distributor clamp or something.
> Do any of you have some photos of the installation process, or more
> detailed installation notes than what Stovebolt provides?
>
> many thanks!
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