-=> Quoting Ed Paulsen to Landon Robinson <=-
 EP> @MSGID: 1:343/400.0 222c2aa3
 EP> Hi Landon,
 EP> You mentioned to Alexander Bilan on 12 Feb'97 - 15:09:
 
 LR> AB> Have you pulled the distributor on this engine?  If its been
 LR> AB> re-inserted a tooth out, that could
 LR> AB> cause you problems under load.
 LR> Due to the way Chevy distributors mesh
 LR> with the oil pump drive shaft it
 LR> is impossible to put it in a tooth off.
 LR> It will either go in right or
 LR> 180 degrees off.
 EP> You'll probably hear from others also.. but you are incorrect about
 EP> it going in right or 180 out. It is entirely possible to hold the
 EP> shaft still and rotate the distributor body a little right or left..
 EP> and upon insertion you *will* be a tooth off.  The chev distributor has
I guess I should have said this in my last message, the engine was running
fine with the current setup and I havn't changed anything (other than going
with different spark plugs and wires). I could mash the gas pedal to the
floor and ride it out for miles without it sputtering or anything. I havn't
pulled the distributor since it was installed in the summer of '94. 
I have adjusted the timing and it is now at 4 degrees BTDC. I had had it
higher but brought it down to try to get the engine to behave.
One thing I have though of is that the mechanical advance weight springs 
might be worn out. The dist. originaly came out of a 283 V-8 which was
made from '62 to '67. So needless to say the springs are rather old.
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