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#14340 05/24/2003 12:07 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 20 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 20 | I need an answer to this question. Should the distributor on my '56 235 CI rotate when the engine is revved up. After I installed my new water pump I had the engine warming up. My son came out to look at it. I had him get in the cab and rev up the engine so I could watch the distributor. Even under fairly hard revving, the distributor did not rotate. It runs good on the road too. Does it really rotate under driving conditions but not by just revving it up sitting in the driveway? | | |
#14341 05/24/2003 12:38 AM | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | Yes it needs to rotate. Take the distributor in your hand, does it turn in either direction? Does it return when you let go?
It should turn clockwise upon revving from idle.
I have had them fairly stuck before. Working them and cleaning stuff might loosen it up. Make sure you don't have a vacuum leak as well. But, if the engine runs so good you might not have a leak.
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
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