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Subject:Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
From:Mike S
Date:Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:29:09 -0400
On 6/4/2012 2:33 PM, Skip wrote:

> So, I thought, why not move the pulley 90 degrees, push the dizzy
> drive shaft in, then turn the pulley back to TDC and Bob's your
> uncle. Not so. I couldn't get the dizzy drive shaft to drop back down
> into the drive shaft gears while the pulley was 90 degrees ATDC.
> Maybe I didn't wiggle it enough? Or maybe there's a reason it
> wouldn't drop?

90 degrees of the distributor rotor is 180 degrees of the crankshaft.