Hi all, nice place here! I have just acquired a TO35 (late 1950's) and have a few issues with it. The one in particular is with the distributor shaft turns ..as in it does not seem to be meshing with the camshaft gear snugly? I can turn(rotate) the dist shaft a fair amount (engine off..dist cap removed) causing the base timing to be out I would say some 40 degrees or more! And that's if it's not moving/turning back and forth advance/retard while the engine is running..causing I'm sure all the back firing and poor running plus loud backfires! Its as if the dist gear has worn and is too small to mesh up properly with the camshaft gear.
thoughts?
thoughts?