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Old 08-01-2004, 02:29 PM
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Default priming a windsor

A "distributor newbie" question - in the process of a Mallory-ectomy/MSD-enhancement surgery, the car's been sitting for quite a while.

I'd like to use a drill to prime the motor before starting it, but have a superstition-based fear of pulling the distributor and putting it back right.

As long as I mark the rotor position relative to the housing, and the shaft housing (?) relative to the block when I pull it out, as long as when I drop it back in I return to those marks, should everything be OK? (And apart from the oil pump shaft being in a different orientation, everything should line up, right?)

Thanks,

JLW
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