Distributer won't sit flush - oil pump driveshaft installed incorrectly?

TheUser said:

I bumped a couple of times and it wouldn't go in, so I took a piece of wire and bent it straight. I then inserted it into the distributer hole down to the star washer on the oil pump shaft and measured where the distributer should mount. Comparing it to the distributer, the wire came up short of where the distributer should mount to the block, so I knew my star washer must be a little far up.

Knowing no other way to go about it, I set the distributer in there firmly and pressed to make sure it was seated as far as I could get it. I removed the rotor from the dizzy and proceeded to strike the shaft where the dizzy goes with a rubber mallet. Like a charm, all seems to be well on that end.

The distributer sets flush and the rotor rotates, etc. Certainly not the best way to go about it probably, but I couldn't think of anything else and was a little angry at the moment anyway (one of those "I don't give a siht" moods).

Thanks for the advice. I've never had that happen before and I've stabbed dizzy's quite a few times now. I'll probably attempt bumping it over a few more times next time that happens before I get out the rubber mallet, but I did bump it over two or three times before malletizing it.

Thanks for the help, fella's

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