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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / September 2005Distributor backwards??
How do you install a distributor backwards? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem Paul Johnson 180 degees off? > How do you install a distributor backwards? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem > Paul Johnson At $100.00 the reserve should be met on that one Another day we will all discuss Quebec--I had a great adventure with the Avanti in Sorel, but it involved the water pump ending up 180 degrees off... A friend of mine rebuilt an Ariel Square Four, and put the CAMSHAFT in end-for-end backward, and it ran. Backfired once in awhile, but started good (rare for an Ariel). I have heard the 180 story about both Delco and Prestolite units, and (according to the stories) they always did run. > 180 degees off? > > > How do you install a distributor backwards? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Paul Johnson If the distributor is in backwards (180 out???) and it has never been started since rebuild, how does he know it runs and has low oil pressure???????? >How do you install a distributor backwards? >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem >Paul Johnson Lee DeLaBarre Daytona62 Lee, If you can figure this one out, your a much better mechanic then I am. I installed a new crate engine in an 85 GMC 3/4 ton work van, complete with new everything including distributor. The thing ran perfect, except that it continually ran rich and would backfire if you deccelerated to quickly. After repeated adjustments to the Quadrajunk carb, resetting timing, checking wires, plugs and just about everything else I could think of, I took it first to the local GMC dealership, then to the Chevrolet dealership. The GMC dealership said they couldn't work on it, as it was to old and none of their mechanics had any experience with anything like it? It wasn't even in their computer for parts, anymore! The Chevrolet dealership agreed to work on it, but would take several days. It spent 2 weeks in the shop there! When I went to pick it up the lead mechanic had written up the problem as "ingnition plug wiring installed 180 degrees out and reversed in sequence". Yet, the thing ran perfect when I drove it in? I scratched my head, and ask the guy and the shop foreman to show me what he was talking about. So, he proceeds to move the plug wires on the distributor 180 degrees and then reverses the order in which they should have been on the distributor. The result, it wouldn't run! I then ask him how the vehicle had gotten into the shop for service. His answer, "Well sir, you drove it in here the other day, and showed us what it was doing out in the parking lot, why?" Need I say, I left without having to pay the hugh bill! Bo does it have an O2 sensor? these things can drive you nuts. The unit may ohm out good but be glazed on the shell, recommended replacement is 50K miles, I found out the hard way ($$$) to use BOSCH or equivelent as the brand "W" ones suck. BTDT. Once I was driving through the "swamp" Quebec,and it was just coming on dark and starting to snow hard. Quebec is a BMF of a province,esrecially if your route takes you through nothern Ontario as mine did. I just noticed the pedal get a little mushhy and the "Brake" light stayed on,so I pulled into a nearby Candaian Tire,opened the door and stuck my head down under the car and pumped the pedal. Sure enough,a little shot of juice was coming out of one of the rear brake lines that run along the rear axle. Easy fix,but I wasn't carrying any tools in my trusty 318 powered 85 Plymouth Grand Fury. Figuring Canadian Tire to be a reputal chain though I walked in to the service department,and tried to explain exactcly what I wanted them to do.Replace that one section of brake line,nothing more. Their english was better than my French so I left the car there,and walked over a few streets and got a room,then drank several bottles of wine with a cute french girl ("nother story} When my alarm went off the next morning,I was down to Canadian Tire when they opened,to get my car. He (same guy) proudly hands me a bill for just over 1200 dollars,as they had replaced all the lines,wheel cylinders,turned the drums,everything..I nearly went ballistic about the fact they did unauthorized work,1200 dollars worth,to my 1000 dollar car.They clamied they had misunderstood me,rotten frogs Since I had to get up to northern Ontario I paid the theviese and got out of there. Theres reasons I don't like Quebek > Lee, > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Bo Let em guess, the French girl was the shop owner's daughter or sister... and he found out. Lee > Once I was driving through the "swamp" Quebec,and it was just coming on > dark and starting to snow hard. [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >> >> Bo Or she was the "diversion"... JT > Let em guess, the French girl was the shop owner's daughter or sister... and > he found out. [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > >> > >> Bo Wired based on "clockwise" rotation??? JT (Who actually did that once...) > How do you install a distributor backwards? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem > Paul Johnson My guess > How do you install a distributor backwards? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Paul Johnson My guess is that when the engine was reassembled, the shaft of the oil pump was not "timed" with the cam. This is painful, since the oil pan must be off and the shaft inserted from the inside, out. The end of the shaft runs through the oil pump bld > How do you install a distributor backwards? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Paul Johnson The oil pu > How do you install a distributor backwards? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Paul Johnson The oil pump shaft must have been inserted "out of time" with the cam. This is done from the inside, with the pan off, and it then is keyed into the oil pump drive gear on the outside. If studied carefully for location of the rotor when the engine is turned to number one-compression, the wires could be rerouted and distributor rotated some to get it all to work without dropping the pan again..... Greg Salt2Salt.com > How do you install a distributor backwards? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Paul Johnson My guess is that the oil pump shaft, installed from the inside of the crankcase, was out of phase with the cam. It can be made to work by finding the rotor position when cylinder #1 is set to fire and adjusting the plug wires accordingly. (Ask me how I know......) Greg salt2salt.com > How do you install a distributor backwards? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/G463363_W0QQitemZ4577090183QQcategoryZ6466QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Paul Johnson |
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