distributor intermeadiate shaft?

70aarcuda said
it does not matter where the intermediate shaft is pointed...as long as #1 on the rotor is pointed at #1 on the cap.....yes..the service manual shows it pointing toward the intake bolt on right front of the engine...you can move the intermediate shaft by using a large screw driver and turning the opposite direction as the engine turns...it will move up the cam gear...then move it to where you feel a warm and fuzzy feeling...

but it does not matters...

and a ford has a timing gear on the end of the distributor...a mopar does not...

If the rotor is pointed at #1 on the cap, then the intermediate shaft will ALSO be pointed at #1, which is the front bolt hole on the left side of the intake. The rotor is aligned with the slot below.

I understand that a Ford has a timing gear on the distributor shaft. However, if the intermediate shaft on the Mopar is out a tooth it WILL affect performance, despite the mechanicals being in perfect timing. As I said before, it makes no sense, and defies the engineering, but it is true, and has a possibility to screw things up.