drdodge
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The Oil pump and distributor drive shaft have to be timed so that the slot for the distributor shaft is parrallell with the crankshat or pointing fron to back with the engine while the engin is on top dead center. I think the electronics can get by with being off but I ran into a problem cranking an old engine that had the distributor shaft off time or the wires one plug off. Realized with points even with the electronic breaker this can affect the timing and really mess up the spartk delivery if the pick up and the dist cap were out of time to much. Hope this helps. from service manual of 89 dodge pu.