Distributor "frozen" in block
#1
Distributor "frozen" in block
Disassembling a '66 425.
Distributor won't budge. Will not turn an iota in either direction.
Appears to me to have some hammer marks on the collar just at the block, so assuming someone either tried to peen it to hold timing, or beat the snap out of it trying to budge it at some earlier date.
I've put modest heat to the block with just the hand held propane torch (mapp), tapped the shaft, used a chisel on the collar and put a pair of grip pliers trying to turn it and it hasn't budged.
I've got to leave town for a few days, so I'll let it soak (albeit, I've never had much luck with that stuff) and see if it makes any difference.
My last resort is going to be to cut the whole distributor shaft off close to block and then try to cut it enough to take a chisel to the distributor to try to pull it off the block hole.
ANY ideas on anything else to try? I hate to throw too much heat to the block back there (and I don't have an acetylene torch anyway).
Thanks,
Anyone have this problem before?
Distributor won't budge. Will not turn an iota in either direction.
Appears to me to have some hammer marks on the collar just at the block, so assuming someone either tried to peen it to hold timing, or beat the snap out of it trying to budge it at some earlier date.
I've put modest heat to the block with just the hand held propane torch (mapp), tapped the shaft, used a chisel on the collar and put a pair of grip pliers trying to turn it and it hasn't budged.
I've got to leave town for a few days, so I'll let it soak (albeit, I've never had much luck with that stuff) and see if it makes any difference.
My last resort is going to be to cut the whole distributor shaft off close to block and then try to cut it enough to take a chisel to the distributor to try to pull it off the block hole.
ANY ideas on anything else to try? I hate to throw too much heat to the block back there (and I don't have an acetylene torch anyway).
Thanks,
Anyone have this problem before?
#4
frozen distributor
when ive run into this with engine in the car and couldn't turn it with a wrench on the square boss I removed the hood and used a slide hammer.it always amazed me as to how badly these can be frozen in place,jc
#6
-motor out of car on stand
-bolt and hold down clamp removed
-soaked with deep creep and now PB blaster. will get some diesel
-I'll try oil filter wrench, but I'm guessing the wrench is going to break before it'll free this thing at this point
-where did you hook, connect the slide hammer? I can probably get a loaner from parts store or just buy one if I have to. tools are usually good purchases in the long run....
keep 'em coming. i'll try anything once..... Thanks.
-bolt and hold down clamp removed
-soaked with deep creep and now PB blaster. will get some diesel
-I'll try oil filter wrench, but I'm guessing the wrench is going to break before it'll free this thing at this point
-where did you hook, connect the slide hammer? I can probably get a loaner from parts store or just buy one if I have to. tools are usually good purchases in the long run....
keep 'em coming. i'll try anything once..... Thanks.
#8
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There are two causes of a frozen distributor. First, the o-ring seal on the distributor body gets hard and sticks. More likely is galvanic corrosion of the aluminum distributor body in the cast iron block. Penetrating oil and shock are the only ways around that, unfortunately.
#14
"maybe you can remove the oil pan and oil pump and drive it out from the bottom."
Correct. Fiddling with the top, with Implements of Force, will get you a broken distributor. Remove Oil Pan, then oil pump. Using an oil pump drive rod or similar, drive it out from the crank side. IT may still break, but in new and interesting ways!
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