paul1969cars
Well-Known Member
Hi need some assistance
I have my 440 a top dead center and the #1 cylinder is at top of compression stroke. the intermate gear slot is aligned with the cam shaft. All that makes sense.
In this picture. I reinstalled my previous not original distributor and rotor. It is pointing at the #1 spot on dist. cap. Which is correct. and the rotor is basically aligned with the #1 Piston as well
Now I located an original Distributor and had it refurbished. Came out nice. Joe White Distributors did it.
I inserted it in and look at the alignment of the rotor and the vacuum advance. All the setting are still the same. I didn't rotate crank and intermediate shaft is still aligned with the cam shaft.
The rotor is still pointing at the #1 spot on the distributor cap. But now the rotor looks like its aligned in the direction of piston #7. If I rotate the assembly clock wise then the vacuum advance will be touching my heater hoses.
Need some advice if I'm over thinking this or if something is not correct.
I have my 440 a top dead center and the #1 cylinder is at top of compression stroke. the intermate gear slot is aligned with the cam shaft. All that makes sense.
In this picture. I reinstalled my previous not original distributor and rotor. It is pointing at the #1 spot on dist. cap. Which is correct. and the rotor is basically aligned with the #1 Piston as well
Now I located an original Distributor and had it refurbished. Came out nice. Joe White Distributors did it.
I inserted it in and look at the alignment of the rotor and the vacuum advance. All the setting are still the same. I didn't rotate crank and intermediate shaft is still aligned with the cam shaft.
The rotor is still pointing at the #1 spot on the distributor cap. But now the rotor looks like its aligned in the direction of piston #7. If I rotate the assembly clock wise then the vacuum advance will be touching my heater hoses.
Need some advice if I'm over thinking this or if something is not correct.