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Originally Posted by TerryS
As near as I am able to determine, the two of you are essentially saying the same thing,
The distributor drive gear is pinned with a roll pin to the distributor shaft. The drive gear has an even number of teeth, 14 if memory serves, and the roll pin is centered, so that it can be pinned to the shaft in either of two positions 180 degrees apart. No Matter which way.
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H Terry,
Thank you for intervening.
In fact, the roll pin holes for the distributor gears can and are often in different orientations to the top of the shaft (aka where rotor is pointing). That means the driver for the oil pump gear on a second distributor will not necessarily match the orientation of the oil pump gear on the first distributor. It is a small matter that can make the installation of a new distributor hellish if p76rangie's instructions are followed blindly.
The solution is the easy one I mentioned..simply check the orientations of the driver (s) after removing the old dizzy and before installing the new one. If the female driver slot (with the rotor/dizzy relatoinship in the place you want them) and the oil pump gear shaft no longer match, make it so by turning the oil pump gear shaft.
Many manuals mention it (off hand you can check one of the Haynes. [from memory]), but any Rover old timer knows of it from their first bad experience with this. The fact that P76rangie doesn't know or understand it does not mean that others will not suffer if they adopt his lack of awareness.
A good forum has inbuilt protections against mistakes like his in that there are others about who can correct the inevitable mistakes ANYONE makes. A reasonable person, no matter how knowledgeable or experienced, is made more comfortable in any forum with people out there to correct them when they err for any reason.
But P76rangie is different. He doesn't care whether he is right, only that he is not disputed in any way. He rages and throws tantrums with ANYONE who tries to correct him. His manner scares your forum's safety net away and THAT makes him VERY dangerous amongst your flock.
On the other hand, I am enjoying P76rangie immensely. I see you allow him a wide license with his kindergarden abuse but I have been circumspect at all times with him. So PLEASE (!) let me have my fun. He is the ultimate straight man. Remember, he HAS assured the forum that he feels himself "brilliant and doesn't give a 'f--k' about anyone"..so he is immune and only benefits can result for everyone else. For the sake of the others, you do NOT want this guy around without some sort of leash.
James
