[Stumann]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

Thanks, guys, I'll try rotating it 180*. With all of the farting around, do you think that I should coat the cam again with assembly lube? I coated everything pretty good before, but the engine was sitting for a day and I've tried to turn it over a few times now. I have been priming the engine each time. It would be a pain in the butt taking the intake and valley pan all off again.

Don't take the cam back out! Just pull the distributor out and move the distributor rotor 180 degrees.

[78w72]

Originally Posted by Stumann

Don't take the cam back out! Just pull the distributor out and move the distributor rotor 180 degrees.

he's past all that, said it was a timing or rotor position issue & is running good now with the original cam

[66sprint6]

Yes, small cam for sure. For me, the price and availabity were big factors, along with guaranteed vacuum, which it has. This isn't the last engine for this car. Frankly, I would have switched out the whole engine, but there's nothing available and the rebuilders don't even return an enquiry. It's that bad. The cam improved it a little but it's still an old engine. So I'm usiing that good vacuum for now to eliminate it as an issue for restoring my A/C and cruise.