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30 Closed Cab PU · 11-29-2019, 06:40 PM

Correct, once the nut is loosened and the screw is loose, the dist. comes straight up/out. Sometimes when it has sat for a very long time the distributer rusts to the head, and sometimes the distributor shaft/shaft cavity/cavity will rust together.

If you are not careful, it is possible to wreck/crack the metal distributor housing. The distributor design has a keyed 2 piece shaft. Part of the shaft comes out with the dist. the other part stays in the motor. The 2 shafts are keyed so they can only be put in the correct way. However there were aftermarket distributors that were a one piece shaft, no 2 piece.

Here is puller/tool, it threads into the dist. shaft cam screw hole, to pull the dist. via the dist. shaft.
https://www.brattons.com/distributor-puller.html

Here is a previous post/string with tips/hints
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...tributor+stuck

11-29-2019, 06:40 PM	#29
30 Closed Cab PU Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 2,332	Re: Having Fun With it? Correct, once the nut is loosened and the screw is loose, the dist. comes straight up/out. Sometimes when it has sat for a very long time the distributer rusts to the head, and sometimes the distributor shaft/shaft cavity/cavity will rust together. If you are not careful, it is possible to wreck/crack the metal distributor housing. The distributor design has a keyed 2 piece shaft. Part of the shaft comes out with the dist. the other part stays in the motor. The 2 shafts are keyed so they can only be put in the correct way. However there were aftermarket distributors that were a one piece shaft, no 2 piece. Here is puller/tool, it threads into the dist. shaft cam screw hole, to pull the dist. via the dist. shaft. https://www.brattons.com/distributor-puller.html Here is a previous post/string with tips/hints https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...tributor+stuck Last edited by 30 Closed Cab PU; 11-29-2019 at 06:48 PM.