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I can't get the distributor to go back in place on my 84 Chevy s10, V6, 2.8L, 4x4?
I pulled the distributor to replace the O ring and now the distributor will not go back down all the way. There is a roughly 1/4 inch gap. I have tried adjusting the position of the oil pump rod many, many times, and it simply will not go on (mine has a hex-head nut instead of the usual slit shape, so the bottom of the distributor is shaped like a socket and the top of the oil pump rod is shaped like a nut). I have tried having one person push down on the distributor while some one else turns the engine over, and it still wouldn't go down. As many times as I've adjusted it, I find it hard to accept that it isn't matching the oil pump rod, I am sure that its not getting caught up on a wire or anything, and I have tried getting the oil pump rod to go down further and nothing has worked. What else could it possibly be? I fought with this for several hours today and just can't get the stupid thing to go down, I greatly appreciate any intelligent suggestions.
I should have mentioned that I have cleaned off all of the sludge already. Also, I marked the correct position so I should still be timed correctly, but the distributor will not go down in any position, so timing is not the current issue. I have rotated the distributor into all of its potential positions and it still won't go on.
While I appreciate everyone's attempts to help, the problem is not the timing. The distributor will not go in all the way in any position, timed or untimed. How do I get it to go down all of the way. I have tried adjusting the oil pump shaft many times, and even when it is perfectly lined up the distributor will not go down all of the way.
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- ChristianLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
look down your hole that the distributor goes in.... you will see your oil pump drive... Now look at the bottom of the distributor shaft... Ah yes... those two have to line up...
As long as you haven't rotated the engine... just reinstall the distributor and then slowly roll the engine over until the distributor drops into the oil pump drive shaft...
or turn the drive shaft with a flat blade screwdriver to kinda line up... it takes practice
- Robert MLv 710 years ago
Chnaces are that you have the timing TOTALLY off by now. Try using a plastic brillo pad and brushing the sides and walls of the opening to remove any sludge that is closing the openinig for you. You MAY have to figure out where TDC is on number one cylinder. If you have rotated the engine from off this, you will NOT be able to get it in there correctly. Try removing the number one spark plug and use a pencil as you turn the engine over slowly until the pencil rises as afar as it will go. Look for the timing mark. If you cannot see it, then rotate the engine AGAIN! Good luck, I hope you did NOT get the engine off time. Since you have lsot time altogether, REMOVE ALL THE SPARK PLUGS. This way there will be NO compresion resistance. Remove the valve cover to the number one bank. Turn the engine over EASILY by pulling on the serpentine belt (since no compression). When the engine is at TDC on number one cylinder, the puch rods will BOTH be down as far as they can go and be flush and even. If it's 180 degrees of, they will NOT be linear, they will be offset. It is safe to use a screwdrive or wooden dowel inside the number on espark plug hole. You will be able to feel and see that the piston is as far up as possible. GOOD LUCK!!
- 10 years ago
By spinning the engine you are doing nothing to find the mark. Get yourself number One plug and timing in number One position, Then put the distributor back in at regular way. The rotor will be in number one fire order.
