coupster
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Hello to all, first post, although I have been lurking for a year or so. I have a car I need help with. My friend bought a 65 fastback from a dealer. Unknown history, car is 85% complete-restomod project. Motor/trans/interior/paint appear clean and fresh. E7TE block & AOD. It has an autozone remanufactured points distributor and Holley carb. I have not verified if this is a hydraulic roller motor or not and I am worried that there may be an issue with the cam gear & distributor. I pulled the distributor, but couldn't get it out because the oil pump shaft is stuck in the distributor, and of course, either the pump shaft was installed incorrectly or the crappy washer slid down the shaft. I was able to get the distributor to rise up out of the block just high enough to see the top of the distributor gear and it appears to be a cast gear. I think this because the surface looked "cast" or rough like an engine block, and did not appear "machined". I know that I will probably have to drop the oil pan since the only way to get the dist. out is to pull it an make the pump shaft fall into the oil pan. I was hoping to avoid this. When this shaft problem was discovered, I put the distributor back so the car would not be disabled.I want to get rid of the points, and pertronix is the cheapest route to electronic ignition...But if the distributor gear is incorrect, and I have to replace points and gear, I might as well go the duraspark route. And I can't do that w/o knowing about roller motor or flat tappet. Any suggestions on how to verify w/o dropping pump shaft?