RustyRed850
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I've been helping my dad try to figure out his rough running issues on his Ford 850 and we're pretty sure it's time to replace the distributor. After replacing the cap and rotor we've noticed a lot of brass filings under the cap and after playing with it a little more believe the entire distributor shaft is "walking" up and down almost a quarter inch. We were looking at possibly rebuilding with new bearings (or bushings) and such, but with a complete distributor only being about $100, we decided it was worth it to just replace the whole thing. So here's the question. . . . I've worked on AMC era Jeeps a lot over the years and those guys always say to NEVER use a new distributor gear with an old drive gear or you'll wipe out the drive gear. They say to remove the drive gear from your old distributor and put it on the new one unless you're doing a complete re-build and replacing BOTH gears at once. However, I see the replacement distributor on this site comes with a new gear installed. Which gear should we use? The old or new?
Thx in advance for the help!
Thx in advance for the help!