ok so I have a 460 engine dove block that I swapped out a new block and I tried to use old distributor, it was very hard to make the distributor seat, we bumped the engine over and over and it finally settled but it had a wobble when engine ran. You could see my build thread. http://www.socaljetboats.com/projects/78-sleekcraft-kauai-bbf-new-life/msg187524/?topicseen#new
When I went to remove distributor, because of wobble, it wouldnt come out. I ended up breaking the distrubutor from the shaft to get it out. When looking down in to the gear it seemed like the gear was underneath the cam, shouldnt it ride even with cam.
Now heres my thought, the drive line for the oil pump that I used was in the dooley kit for the high volume oil pan I picked up used from another member. The original drive shaft for the pump has flat ends and the dooley has tapered ends but rods are both equal distance end to end. Is the tapered one I got in the dooley set up wrong and will it allow my distributor to sink further in than it should because if inside the pump and distributor has a spot for the shaft to rest or stop itself and the original being flat and the dooley being tapered am I losing distance for where my gear rides. Or did the f'ing retards who beat the shit out of this poor boat have the wrong distributor or the wrong gear on the HEI. Help or thoughts would be most valuable here.

Do you have a roller cam or flat tappet

If the lower gear is still stuck in the engine, then it might be necessary to remove the front cover and timing chain in order to access the lower gear and get it out.

LO

i think i would do this any way so i could see what is going on,

I agree with Ralph. I'd be looking everywhere I could to make sure it was a dizzy problem and not something else causing it.

Food for thought, when I first started messing around with BBF's (That's F for "Fords" not "Females"......) I had a couple dizzys around and ran into this little gem on a Comp9000 dizzy that came out of the dissassembled boat I was working on.



Now, both dizzies were for 351C, 400m, 429/460, but why the different gears? Nobody knows. Still have that dizzy, and never seen anything again like it after, but COULD be what you are dealing with..........

Ray

thank you guys i just ordered a mallory for now the 85 series should be here tomorrow