So I opted to put the Mopar Electronic distributor on my new van's 318.
following all the directions... noted the location of the rotor and the vacuum advance nub before taking old distributor out...
but when I put the new distributor in the shaft will only engage the oil pump drive when the rotor is about 30 degrees out of phase with the position of where the old rotor was pointing. Looking at the shaft on both dizzies while they are out of the engine confirms that the rotor and end of the shaft are indeed out of phase on the two...
what now?
Do I need to pull the plugs and bring #1 up to TDC with the old dizzy in and note the location of #1 wire... then do the same with the new dizzy and just rotate the housing until the rotor is pointing at the #1 wire on the cap?
or did I get the wrong replacement? Shouldnt it be in phase with the old one?
following all the directions... noted the location of the rotor and the vacuum advance nub before taking old distributor out...
but when I put the new distributor in the shaft will only engage the oil pump drive when the rotor is about 30 degrees out of phase with the position of where the old rotor was pointing. Looking at the shaft on both dizzies while they are out of the engine confirms that the rotor and end of the shaft are indeed out of phase on the two...
what now?
Do I need to pull the plugs and bring #1 up to TDC with the old dizzy in and note the location of #1 wire... then do the same with the new dizzy and just rotate the housing until the rotor is pointing at the #1 wire on the cap?
or did I get the wrong replacement? Shouldnt it be in phase with the old one?