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Ok, so I'm in the process of putting in a new cam, lifters, etc in my Spitire (78 1500) and I get to the step where I put in the Distributor drive gear. The manual (Haynes) has a picture of how the slot should be aligned when properly seated (#1 at TDC on compression stroke, yaada yadda). Anyway, the picture "seems" to show the slot in the drive gear slightly askew from the centerline between the to Dist mounting studs. BUT, when I install mine, it is either exactly inline with the studs, or askew much more than shown in the manual, depending on which tooth I'm on when I set the drive gear in. Question: Looking at the Scan I made of my manual, and the Two possible positions of my actual drive gear - WHICH IS CORRECT? My hunch is that the one where the slot is perfectly aligned with the studs is correct, but because of the picture in the manual, I'm not 100 percent sure. Can anyone help with my dilema? Here are the pics:
(PS: If you reply, reply without quotes so as not to repeat the pictures in your reply, thanks)
Basil
Manual:
Position 1:
Position 2:
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(PS: If you reply, reply without quotes so as not to repeat the pictures in your reply, thanks)
Basil
Manual:
Position 1:
Position 2:
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