Hi,
My distributor is acting up and I'm not familiar enough with the Early dodges to know what to do here. The short of it is that the plate the points/condenser connect to is loose in the housing and it tilts away from the cam when it's turning. This tilting screws up the point gap and the van runs really rough or won't start at all.
I've done some trouble shooting and I have a couple questions, maybe I can fix this one and won't have to go buy a replacement.
First, there is a hole in the side of the distributor and on into the plate inside that looks like there may have been a screw in it 30 years ago, a screw here would solve the problem, the hole is on the end of the screwdriver:
Is there supposed to be a screw here? Is the lower plate supposed to move as well?
Also, there are two plates inside that are joined loosely together (upper and lower), the lower plate appears to be structural although it will spin left/right a little if you move it (because the screw is missing?). I know the upper plate is supposed to move because the arm from the vacuum advance hooks into it.
Here's the upper plate:
The hole appears to have maybe been threaded inside at one point but it's too old to really know, if it's a missing screw I can put a small machine screw in there and fix the problem.
here's the lower plate:
It's a '65 273 btw,
Thanks in advance
My distributor is acting up and I'm not familiar enough with the Early dodges to know what to do here. The short of it is that the plate the points/condenser connect to is loose in the housing and it tilts away from the cam when it's turning. This tilting screws up the point gap and the van runs really rough or won't start at all.
I've done some trouble shooting and I have a couple questions, maybe I can fix this one and won't have to go buy a replacement.
First, there is a hole in the side of the distributor and on into the plate inside that looks like there may have been a screw in it 30 years ago, a screw here would solve the problem, the hole is on the end of the screwdriver:
Is there supposed to be a screw here? Is the lower plate supposed to move as well?
Also, there are two plates inside that are joined loosely together (upper and lower), the lower plate appears to be structural although it will spin left/right a little if you move it (because the screw is missing?). I know the upper plate is supposed to move because the arm from the vacuum advance hooks into it.
Here's the upper plate:
The hole appears to have maybe been threaded inside at one point but it's too old to really know, if it's a missing screw I can put a small machine screw in there and fix the problem.
here's the lower plate:
It's a '65 273 btw,
Thanks in advance