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Topic: Cam Ate My Distributor Gear..
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Big D
Gearhead Posts: 6047
From: WELLS, NEVADA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-03-2002 10:47 PM
   
It's my new 302 too..  It really wasn't the Cams fault.. The bushings in the distributor shaft started comming apart causing the shaft to lock up.. Resulting in the Cam Gear eating one side of the distributor gear.. After turning the motor over by hand,, it appears that the Cam Gear did not get damaged.. I know we are going to have to clean out all the metal peices from the bottom end.. Is there anything else we should check that might be damaged.. The motor is a HO 302 out of an '85 Mustang. The motor was totally gone through before installation in my '66. It has a stock distributor and Duraspark system.. Your suggestions are more than welcome.. ------------------
Don
'66 Fastback
302 with 5 speed
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68F100
Gearhead Posts: 2681
From: Burlington, Iowa
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 10-03-2002 11:00 PM
No tips...just sympathy  Sorry to hear the bad news.
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Moneymaker
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From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-03-2002 11:25 PM
Flush well Don. Use a lot of deisel fuel or kerosene. ------------------
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 6197
From: British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-03-2002 11:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Moneymaker:
Flush well Don. Use a lot of deisel fuel or kerosene.
I understand the flushing , but , why deisel or kerosene 
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jsracingbbf
Gearhead Posts: 2954
From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-03-2002 11:46 PM
John,
Diesel or kero has a lower flash point than gas or fuel. Oil is too thick to carry the small metal particles out of the Block. Lots of folks use kero in their parts washers.
Jerry
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 27499
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-03-2002 11:51 PM
They are petroleum based. Good cleaners that will not wash out all the oil. ------------------
Alex Denysenko
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 7367
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-04-2002 07:16 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Moneymaker:
They are petroleum based. Good cleaners that will not wash out all the oil.
SOunds like the root of your problem was not having a steel gear on your dist. You mentioned a stock dist. If it was a 66 without a steel gear, it quickly became wasted. Clean or replace the filter screen pickup and look closely at oil pump. What about a final rinse with tranny fluid, prior to oil?
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Big D
Gearhead Posts: 6047
From: WELLS, NEVADA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-04-2002 10:10 AM
Thanks guys,, We'll pull the pan today..  I intend to us a compressed air solvent nossle to get up in the engine and rinse everything down.. Will also rinse from the distributor cutout.. Pete,, The engine & distributor are out of an '85 Mustang.. How about the Trans Oil Final Rinse ?? Don
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