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pickuprover

New Member

• Feb 2, 2006

• #1

I went to adjust my timng this morning on my 1972 2.25 petrol engine running with a ducellier distributor. As I loosened the clamp for the distributor, the distributor popped up and will not go back down (the clamp is actually below the o-ring.) I pulled the distrubutor right out and the offset piece. I also took off the tube that the distributor runs in. The bottom of the tube has some wear on it as the drive gear has been running on it. I can't seem to get the drive gear out, nor get it to sit backdown. Anyone have any clue as to what might have gone wrong.

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Feb 2, 2006

• #2

this sounds like a good one. i'll have to go have a spliff and a think.i'll get back to you if no one else does.

 

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pickuprover

New Member

• Feb 3, 2006

• #3

well the shaft that drives the iol pump had jumped up ontop of the gears in the oil pump... so once I loosened the oil pump the shaft fellback in and the drive gear dropped down. replaced the grub screw and Bob is your uncle. Luckily only time and one grubscrew.....

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Feb 3, 2006

• #4

i'll put that one in me little book of weird landy ****. sorry i couldn't be more help but i couldn't find a roach

 

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pickuprover

New Member

• Feb 3, 2006

• #5

well it seemed that no one wanted to touch that one.... had it posted on 3 forums and only one response. Well at least we found the problem and got it fixed. Thanks.

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Feb 4, 2006

• #6

i don't think it was no one wanted to to touch it . it was probelly more that it was a out of the ordinary one that needed a bit ot thought,or the misfortune for it to have happened to someone else before hand.
if i wasn't so busy i might have spent more time thinking about it but i didn't, so i didn't.
atleast if it happens again we can say right away.