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'69 911T with stock 2 liter.
Two weeks ago I adjusted the timing just fine and now the damn distributor wont budge. I pulled, pryed a bit and pleaded a lot, but no cooperation. Tried 24 hours of chemical warfare (WD40 and Liquid Wrench) No movement. I have a rope wrapped around the base now, put a breaker bar in it, held the thing in front of my body and pushed like hell. Nada. I dont want to pry under the distributor with anything because the only thing to lever against is the case half, and the way my luck is now....well you can imagine. The hold down nut is loosened up and I can move the adjusting collar easily with my fingers. Has anyone seen this? All suggestions welcome. I dont HAVE to save the distributor, but the thought of drilling etc. seems a little drastic. I must have offended the automotive god of Things Really Stuck. I mean I do all the appropriate rituals; push cat litter around with a broom once a week to get the Porsche pee; put clean pads on the fender whenever I work on it (well not always); heck, I even wipe off my tools and put them away neatly when I am finished. Thanks, Russ |
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Keep at it. You're doing all the right things. It will gradually loosen. Last resort would be to pry from underneath the hold down part where the clamping nut goes.
The O ring on the shaft down in the engine case gets gummed up over the years and that's what's holding it in. |
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be careful you don't kill that rare bosch distributor! try a crowfoot style lever prybar. worked for me. various sizes avail. to fit your needs. get motor hot. the hole may get a hair bigger, and heat may soften whatever's holding it.
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Just a follow up. I got it removed by reassembling it and letting the engine warm up, then it moved just fine and can out easy. A word of caution to those replacing early black cast distributors; pull it out while the engine is still warm. Russ
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Actually, I believe that the gears that mesh the distributor with the engine gear can grab at the wrong angle, and make it impossible to pull out. I would have suggested that you turn the engine over with the starter one or two times to place it in a different orientation, so that you might have a better chance of pulling it out.
-Wayne |
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