I'm putting back together my "slow turnover when starting" 1.9L (http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1205A&L=vanagon&D=0&P=64115) with a ground crank and donor case. By far the hardest part so far has been getting the distributor drive shaft re-installed. With the engine at #1 TDC and the shaft aligned correctly, it would only go in about an inch below the block surface. Fiddling with rotating the shaft or the crank only produced heart-breaking grinding noises and some brass shavings on the edge of the thrust washers. (Arrg, what have I done?) My assumption is the thrust washer was hitting the drive gear teeth, keeping it from going in fully. I was able to install it without the thrust washers. My solution was to lower the washers in to place with a dental pick (very risky, I'll admit). The shaft then went in easily like before with the final alignment matching the picture in Bentlys. I quickly bolted the distributor in place, vowing to never do this again, and rushed in to message the collective to see if I'm crazy or not. Do I need to take this motor apart again just for the pure joy of it? Thoughts? |
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