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Factory style electronic distributor leaking oil inside.
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07/29/15 10:29 PM
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As in through the shaft, isn't there an o-ring or something that seals it? Does anyone have a source and a part number or is it a match it up thing? Or should I just replace the distributor?
Thanks in advance, Kevin
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Re: Factory style electronic distributor leaking oil inside.
[Re: mopar346]
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07/29/15 10:58 PM
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sorry, been crying and trying to suck it up and move on.
Last edited by scratchnfotraction; 07/30/15 01:09 AM.
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Re: Factory style electronic distributor leaking oil inside.
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07/29/15 11:02 PM
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drive out the lower shaft roll pin/remove the collar & add shims to reduce the axial play to .005" Speedway motors has a nice kit of flat shims for cheap. its going up then dripping out the 2 drain holes in the bottom of the dist "bowl"? you might have alot of blowby pressure contributing to this. Actually that (not the blowby but it being lubed) is a good thing as they dont come with the manual oiler side cups like they used to for the bushings but the excessive dripping is unsightly
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Re: Factory style electronic distributor leaking oil inside.
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07/29/15 11:13 PM
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You studdered on the computer.......
Actually leaking in the cap and out the bottom of the bowl then blowing on the coil and fan (68 440 no A/C or PS). It also noticed a puddle at the base where it meets the block after my 1100 mile run. I was thinking the o-ring at the base was leaking due to the puddle but then today popped the cap looking at some stuff and found the oil and put it all together. I think I have an extra distributor or 2 but I would have to clean them up and see if they work, might be quicker and easier to buy a rebuilt one since as Scratch pointed out they are inexpensive.
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Re: Factory style electronic distributor leaking oil inside.
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07/29/15 11:19 PM
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drive out the lower shaft roll pin/remove the collar & add shims to reduce the axial play to .005" Speedway motors has a nice kit of flat shims for cheap. its going up then dripping out the 2 drain holes in the bottom of the dist "bowl"? you might have alot of blowby pressure contributing to this. Actually that (not the blowby but it being lubed) is a good thing as they dont come with the manual oiler side cups like they used to for the bushings but the excessive dripping is unsightly Thanks Robert, I haven't seen any other signs of blow by on this thing so far but I will double check a few things. I take it you have seen excessive shaft play cause this leak before?
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Re: Factory style electronic distributor leaking oil inside.
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07/30/15 01:11 AM
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shaft play + bushing to shaft clearance combined but I would check the PCV/blowby condition as it is being pressured up in there (all the way up into the "bowl"). shimming the lower shaft is the easy one to correct & side bennie it reduces spark scatter from intergear slot/tang interface slop. EDIT With more thought I think excessive blowby at WOT is moving oil up into the dist
Last edited by RapidRobert; 07/31/15 12:53 AM.
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