??Distributor shaft depth in oil pump drive??
I'll tell you another engine that should have had that design. Every single Ford V8 with a front drive distributor. I've seen more than a few of those ring the oil pump drive shaft right off and keep on truckin until they came apart. On those, the driven gear is on the distributor, similar to the Chevy, so they'll just keep right on until they don't. LMAO The Fords were ESPECIALLY bad about the valve stem seals cracking up, falling into the pan and getting sucked into the oil pump, then kablewooy. Seen that a lot over the years, too. A lot more than any other make.
But getting back to this Chrysler thing, there was on guy on here recently who had this happen. "Somehow" the distributor/intermediate shaft/something pushed the distributor out of the hole on the block and twisted the tip of the blade. After that, he couldn't get it back running again. There's a lot more, but I'll just stop "right there". If you find the thread you'll see what I mean. Lots of stuff that make you do this......:BangHead:
