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| | | | Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 94 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 94 | Distributor is '50 216 (the better one of my 2)
Eng is '53 (full pressure) 235
Question is...is there suppose to be a gasket/O-ring
on the distributor shaft going into the block? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,453 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,453 |
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 189 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 189 | I was wondering the same thing on my distributor. They must not have cared much about a little dirt in the engine, with open vents on the valve cover, etc. Is the distributor supposed to
wiggle around a little while it's running? | | | | | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,677 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,677 | Depends on your definition of “a little.”
Is your grease cup intact with the little spring and Bakelite button?
1951 3100
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,763 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,763 | Is the distributor supposed to
wiggle around a little while it's running? No, it's supposed to move a LOT while the engine is running. The vacuum advance moves the whole distributor housing, constantly, as manifold vacuum changes. Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 326 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 326 | My 56 had a lot of wiggle, so much that I was afraid that I had a bent shaft. But it went away as soon as I refilled and adjusted the grease cup. It does make a difference.
1956 Chevy 3200, 235 w/3 speed
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 189 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 189 | I have the grease cup which I refilled, but I don't recall seeing a spring, or any other pieces. Just a hole, and the screw on cap.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | You have to dig/pull them out of the grease in the "stem" (the Distributor Shaft Fitting). | | |
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