In a message dated 5/5/03 9:25:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
jaboruch@adelphia.net writes:
<< I got the dist out tonight and found that the gear that drives the
dist (and oil pump) off of the cam had stripped. Only a few teeth are
left on it and they are worn thin.
Have any of you had anything like this happen? >>
I lost oil pressure years ago because the pin in the gear came out, which
allowed the shaft to jump up out of the oil pump. I have never had any
distributor shafts or gears fail by using those which came out of an existing
engine.
I have heard that people who installed new after market gears and shafts had
them fail. Same with the lifters. Stay with the old original British parts
when possible.
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