As part of my ongoing saga below, I installed new HEI distributors. The one on the port engine has been making a rattling/squealing noise inside the cap. I've been going back and forth with the company that sold them as to what to do next. The thought was, swap the two distributors and see if the sound moves and it did.
I did just the distributor first, then the caps to narrow down the test.
In the middle of testing, the engine sputtered and shut down which it's never done before. As I'm cranking, I don't see the oil pressure coming up. I'm wondering if this relavent as there was a question about the distributor shim and possibly bottoming out on the oil drive gear. The heads have never been off and with just the gasket I measured more than enough clearance. The noise I was hearing was an intermittent squeal/rattle which did not sound deep in the engine.
What happens if the distributor bottoms out and what would it sound like? I just installed an extra plug and cranked it over, no spark. I could just barely hear the noise in question and then it sputtered once and stalled. I don't think that my '88 vintage has an oil shutdown feature.
thanks
Bob
I did just the distributor first, then the caps to narrow down the test.
In the middle of testing, the engine sputtered and shut down which it's never done before. As I'm cranking, I don't see the oil pressure coming up. I'm wondering if this relavent as there was a question about the distributor shim and possibly bottoming out on the oil drive gear. The heads have never been off and with just the gasket I measured more than enough clearance. The noise I was hearing was an intermittent squeal/rattle which did not sound deep in the engine.
What happens if the distributor bottoms out and what would it sound like? I just installed an extra plug and cranked it over, no spark. I could just barely hear the noise in question and then it sputtered once and stalled. I don't think that my '88 vintage has an oil shutdown feature.
thanks
Bob
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