Stuck Distributor...

What's the best method to unstick a distributor on a 460???

Don't really like the idea of prying or such...

Heard you can spray the base everyday for a week with penetrating oil... That's about as productive as watching paint dry...

Anyone got any tips???

Pry it....

Or just go mad nuts on it and man handle it. :awesomework:

Pull the whole intake off and replace it with one that doesn't weigh 900lbs:awesomework:

heat it with a propane torch where the dizy mates to the manifold, then rub a candle on there, it will wick the parifin into the seam, then pop it out

I had the same problem with my 460. I sprayed it with PB blaster for a couple days and worked it loose with a big pair of channel locks. Then while turning I gave it alittle prying up to get it out. Good luck.

Still stuck...

Been spraying it with liquid wrench penetrating oil...

Pretty ****ing gay...:rb:

--use a small propane torch to heat up around the base (but not too hot) , spray some PB Blaster around the base, and work the dizzy back and forth (probably with vise grips, or channel locks)...these can be a BITCH!!! Patience and persistance....:awesomework: I've had to use a punch and hammer to break one free...keep sprayin' & workin' it back and forth....

Luey, wanna borrow my special "ford tool kit"?




































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I'm assuming your not useing this distributor anymore. Wrap a chain around the distributor, hook a cherry picker to the chain and start lifting. I've done this on a gm once. It will pop!

I was just trying to bump the timing a bit... It falls on it's face under a load, cap, rotor, wires and plugs look good... Getting fuel... I'm guessing it's been a while since anyone has timed it being that the dizzy is stuck this bad...



I like the Ford tool kit...:redneck:

But, it's a buddies truck that I borrowed... He picked it up not to long ago and hasn't used it yet, so I was just trying to get it to a point that the throttle can actually be used...

I'm gonna try a strap wrench on it tomorrow if it doesn't come loose today...

I have a chain wrench and a timing light if you need them. I'm down at the shop all day today.

dirtygoat said:

Still stuck...

Been spraying it with liquid wrench penetrating oil...

Pretty ****ing gay...:rb:

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Can you turn it??

A BFH usually works wonders...

Can't turn it at all...

I'm gonna try a couple things tomorrow, I had a family thing this evening...

Had this happen on Ford 400's before.. if the penetrating oil and torch doesn't work, it is easiest to pull the manifold w/ the dissy in it, and hammer it out from the bottom...

Poohbair said:

Had this happen on Ford 400's before.. if the penetrating oil and torch doesn't work, it is easiest to pull the manifold w/ the dissy in it, and hammer it out from the bottom...

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The drissy dosn't go through the intake on a 460. It's in the block between intake and timing cover.

GearHead said:

The drissy dosn't go through the intake on a 460. It's in the block between intake and timing cover.

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Then I guess I can't add any advise on this one!

Cough' cherry picker' cough it works

Use PB Blaster and not liquid wrench....works 100x better.

Got it unstuck...:cheer:

Messed with the timing and that's not the problem...:booo:

There's an inline thing that I thought was a fuel filter, but it has 3 ports unlike a typical inline filter... It looks like a regular inline fuel filter, but there's a port with another hard line going into the side of it... I'm thinking it's probably a return line... Mind you, I'm not a ford guy and don't know **** about them...

Stopped by Shmucks and they carry the inline filter with 2 ports and the filter at the carb... Nothing that matches this though...

It does the stalling thing on both fuel tanks...

I read somewhere that there's a switch on the oil pressure sending unit that can cause this same type of problem... That seems really odd to me... But what do I know, I'm just a Chevy guy that owns a few tools...

Anyone know what the inline thing is??? Is it a filter or some kinda check valve??? Am I over thinking this???

What do you guys think???