318 Engine stumble

Well. I figured out how to rephase it easily.
The bad part is I broke a tooth off the star wheel.
If I had to repahse a new one I wouldn’t break it.

I will say that I wasn’t careful and basically decided to sacrifice it.
If I can get a star wheel for it I can press a new on back on. Not a big deal.....the star wheel is in phase now....it’s just in phase broken.....

The points distribitor is done. The advance is locked up, the bearings are hard and the rubbing block is worn down. I never could get it to even close to spec. Pretty sure the. I want to say the dwell was 42......and was supposed to be 32
At .017 open. That’s off the top of my head. I have it written down somewhere. It’s an original 1968 points style.

What I do have is a electronic Chrysler distributor that came with the engine.
It worked when we took it out of the old car.
When I tried to put it back on the 318. It wouldn’t fire. I also didn’t know how to limit the timing on it. It’s smog era so the timing will smog era and meant for emissions. welding up the slots is what is usually done on those....and then file them down to where you want them....but even that distributor is from 1976 and is probably worn some.

This Chevy distribitor.....I do like it. It was clean as very easy to hook up. Very easy to tune and put out a much hotter spark. The difference was noticeable. Aside from poor design....I do like the quality of it. I will say that the advance plate could use a spot weld. I was able to repahse it using that. Because it was like a crimp connection. I just loosened it. It could easily be recrimped in a vice or with a hammer. It should be welded or brazed. Even if I got a new one....how can I be sure that it’s not going to be out of phase or the wrong polarity..
I need something I can tune.


On the clocking of the oil pump shaft. It’s not a big deal but it was installed a tooth off. I put the points distribitor back in just to test where it used to be and it showed up one tooth to the left. I will be correcting that just for the heck of it.