Need Advice! Do I Need a New Camshaft????

[garyd1961]

Originally Posted by YoungPup1977

I set the dizzy in, lift and turn until the dizzy sets all the way down onto the intake manifold this telling me I am lined up with the oil pump....than I lift and turn the dizzy, by lifting the dizzy it turns the oil pump shaft just a bit because how the cam and dizzy gear is angled....NO NEED TO STICK ANYTHING IN THE ENGINE....or taking the hood off, laying on top of the engine with a light....none of that. simply lift and turn the dizzy a few times as you feel the oil pump shaft move with the movement lifting and turning of the dizzy...very easy to do once you understand what exactly you are doing. Get the number one piston up on TDC on compression stroke and point the dizzy to where the number one spark plug wire is...simple....no damage done !!


Where are the pics of the damage ?

If the oil pump shaft is in the wrong position the distributor is not going to sit all the way down facing the #1 plug without using something to turn the oil pump shaft.

[YoungPup1977]

Originally Posted by garyd1961

If the oil pump shaft is in the wrong position the distributor is not going to sit all the way down facing the #1 plug without using something to turn the oil pump shaft.

I guess you didn't understand how I described how I do it.....my process works great for me, I use the dizzy to turn the oil pump shaft.... its the old lift and turn the rotor method, been doing it for years like back into the 60's.

[MySons68C20]

YoungPups method works perfect......If the the dist body is not seated tight on the intake you are not tight like prom night. The engine will run fine but NO oil pressure if you do it wrong.

[garyd1961]

Originally Posted by YoungPup1977

I guess you didn't understand how I described how I do it.....my process works great for me, I use the dizzy to turn the oil pump shaft.... its the old lift and turn the rotor method, been doing it for years like back into the 60's.

Not saying you are wrong because I never tried it but are you saying you can lift the distributor enough to get it out of the cam gear and then turn the rotor and move the oil pump shaft?
I always used a long screwdriver to turn the shaft.