This is bad news folks.
I discovered that the distributor on my 68 472 is completely frozen. Won't turn. Won't come out. Even after bathing in repeated douses of liquid wrench for 4 days.
It was heated with a heat gun. Nothing. Then tried an impact wrench. Which snapped the shaft at the base. It's still in there and what remains of the shaft is impossible to move from the top because after all that is shapeless blob of steel.
Plan B:
Does anyone know if the timing cover is removed, will I have access to the tip of the distributor? Maybe I can hammer it out from the bottom.
I have the shop manual on order but wanted feedback from yous.
Funny thing is the car is very clean with only 69K. See photos. Everything else in the engine has been easy out easy in. Except this...
I discovered that the distributor on my 68 472 is completely frozen. Won't turn. Won't come out. Even after bathing in repeated douses of liquid wrench for 4 days.
It was heated with a heat gun. Nothing. Then tried an impact wrench. Which snapped the shaft at the base. It's still in there and what remains of the shaft is impossible to move from the top because after all that is shapeless blob of steel.
Plan B:
Does anyone know if the timing cover is removed, will I have access to the tip of the distributor? Maybe I can hammer it out from the bottom.
I have the shop manual on order but wanted feedback from yous.
Funny thing is the car is very clean with only 69K. See photos. Everything else in the engine has been easy out easy in. Except this...