Post L29 Build gremlin - need ideas

[Philip Parker]

I've heard that about aftermarket distributors. Can you modify or replace the distributor clamp to allow full rotational travel?


Let us know what you find.

The distro housing will turn fully but the cap and plug wires will come into contact with the upper intake to where I cannot rotate it sufficiently to achieve 0 retard.

 

[Philip Parker]

if distributor is similar to 4.3, then the piece that rotor sits on is just pressed on. Had to fix one where it spun throwing timing off. Notched in correct place and reinstalled with hopefully better method for keeping it put. But essentially, rotor position can be adjusted as needed by removing and reinstalling that piece. In my case the threads were also stripped, so tap and different screws were used to hold the rotor

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Very interesting. So the base plate that the rotor is keyed into is adjustable. Seems I need to pull the distro and look at this.

Since I did such a significant rebuild of this motor (entire top end including timing set) is it possible that the crank relearn function that I cannot perform is giving me a false offset reading?