Stuck distributor solution.

[Pascamp]

My Dad is 2000 miles away and 84 years old. He's trying to pull a distributor out of a 460 Ford in a conversion van. He's soaked it in PB blaster, heated, beated, ect. He says he has no clearance to use a monkey wrench, channel locks, ect. I told him to wrap it to the engine hoist and start lifting the whole van and beat the thing. Any suggestions?

 

[RustyRatRod]

So far, I have found SeaFoam Deep Creep beats Pblaster......by a GOOD BIT. I never thought I would have found something better, but it is. Make sure he tries that......and ask him to disable the ignition and spin the engine. Sometimes that will knock them loose trying to turn the whole housing. Sometimes not. lol Make sure he tries the Deep Creep though. DRENCH it where it goes into the block. Let it sit overnight and try to twist it like he's adjusting the timing back and forth. That should do it. Make sure to tell him to coat it with a good coat of anti seize compound all around the housing when he puts it back in and that crap won't happen again.

 

[Pascamp]

So far, I have found SeaFoam Deep Creep beats Pblaster......by a GOOD BIT. I never thought I would have found something better, but it is. Make sure he tries that......and ask him to disable the ignition and spin the engine. Sometimes that will knock them loose trying to turn the whole housing. Sometimes not. lol Make sure he tries the Deep Creep though. DRENCH it where it goes into the block. Let it sit overnight and try to twist it like he's adjusting the timing back and forth. That should do it. Make sure to tell him to coat it with a good coat of anti seize compound all around the housing when he puts it back in and that crap won't happen again.

Yeah being a van, access is the problem. He can't get anything in there to break it loose (rotating). I also suggested cutting the top off and welding a bar to the sleeve. He's old and tired...so I gotta play within his sandbox.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yeah being a van, access is the problem. He can't get anything in there to break it loose (rotating). I also suggested cutting the top off and welding a bar to the sleeve. He's old and tired...so I gotta play within his sandbox.

Doesn't it have a doghouse? Can't he take that off and access it?

 

[Pascamp]

Doesn't it have a doghouse? Can't he take that off and access it?

460 Ford. Distributor up front and has a million bells and whistles. He's 84 so I gotta humor him. I'd tear the damn thing apart to get access, but he'd rather spend days trying to do things backwards.

 

[RustyRatRod]

460 Ford. Distributor up front and has a million bells and whistles. He's 84 so I gotta humor him. I'd tear the damn thing apart to get access, but he'd rather spend days trying to do things backwards.

Oh trust me. I saw "460 Ford" right off the bat. lol I've worked on a pissload of them.

 

[jas0162]

I hate working on van engines... but my uncle had a 78 or so ford 3/4 ton van with the 460 that he drove over 300K. That thing just wouldn’t die.

 

[Krooser]

Ive had the same issue several times. The 460 in my F350 did the same thing.

It took a bunch of lube, pry bars and bad words but I finally got it free.

Put it back in with a generous coating of never seize.