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Old 03-24-2004, 08:05 AM
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I hate to diasgree with you Rick,

But the installed distributor gear height on windsors is something that needs to be checked. I have seen many distributor gear failures (in windsors) because the gear was too low on the shaft, so the distributor doesn't drop all the way down in the hole, it's flange sits a hair above the intake manifold's corresponding flange, this goes unnoticed by the installer, and when the distributor clamp is tightened, that forces the distributor gear down into a heavy preload situation.
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