430 Timing Issue
430 Timing Issue
I ran into an interesting situation today while attempting to start my 430 for the first time. I could get it to pop every once in awhile, but could not get it to take off and run, no matter how I rotated the distributor. After lots of pondering, I began to second guess whether or not I had timed the oil pump properly, yesterday I would have sworn I had timed it correctly, now I was not so sure. What I eventually found was that at sometime earlier in it's life someone had removed the drive coupler from the end of the distributor and reinstalled it 180° off. I was sure glad I found it before I tore the oil pan back off. Fired right up after that.
'39 B, '48 B, '49 A, '50 B, '54 40U, '55 40U, '59 430U, '60 430C
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