Yeah!
while all help is appreciated, he sure went to the moon and back on that one.
This may have come down to rotor phasing as stated by
@1WildRT .
I compared these two. First is the one in the car.
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I set the reluctor gap back when I installed this distributor. This is the #6 firing position.
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I spun it around to #1 and put the rotor on.
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Then marked the rotor tip position on the distributor body. Look at the difference between the two. The left one is one from the shed. Right side is from the car.
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There is 1/4” difference in rotation between the two. I could probably figure out the degrees that is with some measurements and math but here are the pictures.
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The right distributor was 1 1/2 from that housing screw to the right. The left distributor was 1 1/4”. When I moved the rotor on the left to match that 1 1/2” number, here is the reluctor wheel.
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I’m going to stab in this distributor and report back.