corolaranet
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I am having some issues trying to fix an unsteady dwell with my distributor. At first the dwell was bouncing around with no pattern. This led me to buy another distributor (a discount rebuilt unit from rockauto) that had the same issue. With both distributors the timing was bouncing a few degrees on idle. It seemed like the bushings were bad, so I changed them.
After installing the re-rebuilt distributer in the car, the dwell appeared to sweep regularly quit a bit. My idea was the distributor shaft was bent, so I swapped shafts with the original distributor. Now the dwell only sweeps about 1 degree and the timing on the #1 cylinder is very steady. Since the dwell is still not perfect I double checked the timing on the #6 Cylinder. It was about 2 degrees advanced.
Is the only explanation for the timing anomaly a bent distributor shaft?
The car has a stock 1966 low output 273.
After installing the re-rebuilt distributer in the car, the dwell appeared to sweep regularly quit a bit. My idea was the distributor shaft was bent, so I swapped shafts with the original distributor. Now the dwell only sweeps about 1 degree and the timing on the #1 cylinder is very steady. Since the dwell is still not perfect I double checked the timing on the #6 Cylinder. It was about 2 degrees advanced.
Is the only explanation for the timing anomaly a bent distributor shaft?
The car has a stock 1966 low output 273.