Distributor filling itself with oil

Permatex on the dist case? Exactly where.


[1] Remove the shaft
[2] The dist base [ where the bottom shaft bush is ] may have slots cast into the the dist body.
[3] These slots can go some way up into the body & exit into the shaft hole. If the bush is too short, it may not be covering the exit of these slots, giving oil a direct path into the shaft cavity.
[4] The same sort of slot arrangement might be used with the top bush, so the above applies & you have a path for oil to get into the main body.
[5] Best fix would be a thrust washer under the shaft collar that covers the slots. Some metal may have to be removed from the collar or dist body to maintain 0.010" shaft end play. [ 0.010 is more than enough for the short A body dist ]
[6] Or.......put silicon in the bottom slots to block the oil supply. Maybe this is what post #5 referred too...
[7] Excessive blowby pressure is also a possible cause.