[Tigers] Frozen distributor

[CoolVT at aol.com]

I've had the same problem.  I found if I ran the car and warmed the  engine 
that I could turn it to set the timing.  A cold engine, forget it. I  think 
this issue has come up before. If not here then on another site for Ford  
engines.
Mark L
 
 
In a message dated 5/21/2017 6:12:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tigers at autox.team.net writes:

 
Every decade or so I throw a  new set of points and condenser into my stock 
260, and this is the year.


All went well, new points  in, dwell set, etc.  The only problem?  When I 
started to set the  timing, I found that the distributor is frozen to the 
block.  The clamp  is plenty loose, so its not that.  I've tried a little 
careful tapping  here and there, no result.


It's usually a bit oily near  the distributror base, so its unlikely rust.  
More likely some sort of  dissimilar metals corrosion thing.


Any ideas out there?


Stu



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