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Originally Posted by tomaszek
So I put the oil pump on. Bolted up the oil pan. And decided to try and install the distributor for fun. And for the life of me can not get the oil pump shaft to engage on the oil pump. It just won’t seat on the pump with the pin and two flats. I thought maybe a burr. So light filing. No luck. So I noticed there are two tabs crushed into the shaft about 3/4 way up. So I am praying that this shaft doesn’t get installed from the bottom ? I suppose these are factory tabs so the shaft can never be pulled up ? If so I guess dropping the pan. Argggh
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You're correct about the tabs. There are pros and cons as to how to proceed from here.
Remove the oil pan and install shaft.
Grind off tabs and smooth area and install shaft