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07-05-2019 | 01:42 PM

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I just re-read my post - to be clear, I wasn't stating that your engine was cavitating. Specifically directed towards the hacked up cobbled together engine b4 it ate itself up.

Hope you get it squared away...

07-05-2019 | 02:06 PM

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Here’s pictures of the dist. The tang doesn’t look beat up at all. Do you think that the wear marks on the gear are to low?

07-05-2019 | 02:10 PM

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I’ve also grabbed the tang with needle nose and tried to twist, pull, wiggle it but it doesn’t budge

07-05-2019 | 02:42 PM

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What distributor and intake are they, did you check the clearance on the oil pickup to pan ? pump might be cavitating if its to close to the pan, spinning it on a drill is much faster than at idle.

07-05-2019 | 02:48 PM

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What distributor and intake are they, did you check the clearance on the oil pickup to pan ? pump might be cavitating if its to close to the pan, spinning it on a drill is much faster than at idle.

its a msd I can’t give the model off the top of my head. The intake is a edelbrock rpm air gap. I haven’t check clearance on the oil pick up it’s a milodon pan and they’re oil pick up. I use the same set up pan and pick up on another motor with no issue. Not ruling that out tho

07-05-2019 | 03:57 PM

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The tang is beat up it is not engaged enough that's why there is no oil pressure. It needs a slip coller distributer. The tang is rounded over on the drive side

07-05-2019 | 07:15 PM

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The tang is beat up it is not engaged enough that's why there is no oil pressure. It needs a slip coller distributer. The tang is rounded over on the drive side

Worked until the metal fatigued, rolled over, then poof - game over?

Makes sense to me.

07-05-2019 | 07:19 PM

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Worked until the metal fatigued, rolled over, then poof - game over?

Makes sense to me.

yes. you can evin see it's driving low on distributer gear.

07-05-2019 | 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 14 apache

The tang is beat up it is not engaged enough that's why there is no oil pressure. It needs a slip coller distributer. The tang is rounded over on the drive side

this is the only explanation that makes any sense. good news its easy to fix.