How To Rebuild Your Ford V-8 351C-351M-400-429-460.pdf - Index of

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Slide gear on the shaft while keeping the roll-pin holes lined up. Use the prick-punch
marks (arrows) as reference. Support the gear hub like the collar while installing its roll
pin.
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sleeve and centrifugal-advance mechanism
by installing the retaining clip on the end
of the shaft. Feed it in between the cam
or sleeve and the shaft using your pliers,
then push it into place with two small
screwdrivers.
Breaker-Point Distributor Assembly-Baseplate
Up-Assemble the movable breaker
plate to the baseplate after lubricating the
pivot with moly grease and making sure
the three nylon wear buttons are in place.
lnstall the spring washer with its curved
section against the top side of the bushing
and the outside edge bearing against the
underside of the flat washer. Secure the
plate, spring washer and flat washer with
the C-clip.
Install the breaker-plate assembly,
movable or fixed, into the distributor
housing. Rotate it until it lines up with
the mounting holes in the housing, and
secure it with two mounting screws. The
one closest to the primary-wire hole also
attaches the breaker-plate ground wire.
Finish assembling the top end of the
distributor by installing the primary wire,
new breaker points and condensor. Set
the points by rotating the cam so the rub
bloik is on top of on; lobe. Set point gap
to 0.021 inch unless you have a single-
7 t.' diaphragm or a dual-point distributor.
Then the gaps should be set at 0.017 inch
and 0.020 inch respectively. Recheck the
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Install centrifugal-advance weights after lightly lubricating their pivots. Secure them with
their C-clips.
Don't forget the thrust washer. If yours is
this type, install the ears or tabs down in
the shaft-plate holes.
Lubricate the distributor shaft and the base of the cam or sleeve assembly. Position the
centrifugal weights so the cam or sleeve will seat down against the thrust washer. Make
sure the correct centrifugal-advance-limiting slot is located to the tab.