Killed my distributor

[71airgrabberRR]

Don't put the intake back on just yet. You may need to remover the distributor drive gear when you deal with reinstalling the oil pump. Also I would remove the drive gear and look at the bottom hex area that goes into the oil pump. This area has been known to twist on rare occasion.
By leaving the intake off right now it will make things a lot easier on you later.

 

[DodgeT]

Don't put the intake back on just yet.

Okay, I will leave it off for now. I just wanted to put it back on as I am working out of my trailer and will need to move it into the garage if I have to pull the pan. Guess I will be pushing it. Not that I planned on starting it do drive it in anyway. Just less to worry about.

It is a good sign I didn't see anything up top, no?

 

[miller]

Kinda...just need to find all the missing/broke pieces.

They have to be 'somewhere' inside the motor.

 

[The Horvaths]

You could take a moment to mask off the valley just to keep dust out. So far, it's nothing but good news. Hang in there!

 

[Meep-Meep]

Where is the large part of the shaft? Did it fall into where the timing chain is? Check for the roll pin. I'd be finding a way to dredge with a magnet or a variety of magnets.

 

[DodgeT]

Where is the large part of the shaft? Did it fall into where the timing chain is? Check for the roll pin. I'd be finding a way to dredge with a magnet or a variety of magnets.

The shaft stayed in the gear. I'm working on finding some help to push the car into my garage from the trailer. Then I will pull the pan. I will post an update. I hope to hill I find it in the pan after all this work....

 

[miller]

Bad deal. Plenty of places for a rollpin to hide.

Besides sitting on the bottom of the pan (if your lucky), look at the obvious places it could have gone. Maybe around the front of the cam, and such.

Have a windage tray? On your oil pan, might drain the oil first, and run a magnet around the bottom first, before you drop the pan. Who knows, might get lucky. Also would use a preoil shaft on your oil pump, to be sure it turns free, no loose parts in it.

Good luck!

 

[Daves69]

The shaft stayed in the gear. I'm working on finding some help to push the car into my garage from the trailer. Then I will pull the pan. I will post an update. I hope to hill I find it in the pan after all this work....

It's in your best interest to pull it down. Not knowing for sure and having another failure due to missing debris would be even more pain.

Looking at the picture of the broken shaft I'd guess a factory assembly problem.

 

[DodgeT]

Pic of the distributor shaft:


Pic of the oil pump:

Pan is almost ready to be popped off..

 

[DodgeT]

And here it is... The guy at Pertronix told me I could leave the piece in the pan. Turns out, he was likely right. Oh well. Now the long task of putting it all back together.

 

[Daves69]

And here it is... The guy at Pertronix told me I could leave the piece in the pan. Turns out, he was likely right......................

IMO, instead of telling you that, he should be discussing how to compensate you for at least the materials needed to find his defective parts.

 

[DodgeT]

IMO, instead of telling you that, he should be discussing how to compensate you for at least the materials needed to find his defective parts.

It's not even that, it's the time under the car redo-ing everything. blah. I want to drive the F***ing thing right now.

I'm not sure if I have a tolerance issue yet, either. I guess if I break another I will be closer to knowing...

 

[66Satellite47]

I'm still at a loss as to the cause of the torsional failure of the shaft. What bound up?

 

[miller]

At least you found the piece.

Two plus two stuff, but dropping the distributor into place, to make sure there's no binding, there should be some end play on the rotor shaft. In other words...dizzy in hand, you should have a little end play (up and down) on the shaft. Dropping the dizzy into the block, the dizzy's housing should seat, with the shaft still having a little play.

If not, there's something wrong.