Guess I'm due. Bragged recently how the ol stock '51 had several thousand miles of relatively trouble free driving under it's belt over the past year or so. Well today the streak ended.

I changed the condenser and it wouldn't start. Choked it a bit more, crank again, no good. When I checked under the hood I noticed the distributor was not where it should be. It'd rotated clockwise about 90 degrees. Shoot.

Looks like One more thing to do that'll help fill the day. And it's going to be a few days till I can dive in to see what's what. I'll check for shaft rotation, see if I can loosen the clamp and retime (that'd be too easy) and then as required work my way toward pulling the distributor.

I'm reminded once again of what a wise old lady once told me "Ron, if you didn't have all that ---- stuff, you wouldn't have to work on it". Truer words never spoken.

RonR

RonR


1951 3600 with Clark flatbed, T5, 4.10 rear
1970 340 Duster
1990 5.0 V8 Miata (1990 Mustang Gt Drivetrain)
1964 CJ5