mainline331
Active member
had a timing light on my 226 and was noticing the timing bouincing around somewhat (with the advance disconnected). Started looking and it seems that there is slop in the mesh of the distributor splines and the oil pump, so that you can actually get a little wiggle out of the rotor. That would definitely cause some inconsistent firing. Anybody know of a way to "tighten up" the splines? I figure it is probably worn on both the distributor and the pump, even though I just had the pump rebuilt- many years of use can do that. Is it possible to somehow knurl the teeth on the distributor, or is there some sort of "die" for the splines? THANKS, and might want to check yours too!