He has been building engines for 40+ years and unless he was having a few i can't see him making simple errors that someone with that experience would make with the distributor.
i have seen that happen before, HOWEVER, that engine has HIS NAME ON IT . This means that he is still ultimately responsible and if he gave it to his retard to finish, he himself is retarded for doing that.
this is not a $5,000.00 ebay engine . you paid at least 3 times that, therefore he should have done the ENTIRE engine himself s he is still a f'n idiot either way.
The shop i was involved in warranteed the work so even if the lot boy fkd something up, the shop still had to warranty it.
We will see if you need a distributor.
1. Inspect the hole to see if there is damage at the bottom or casting flash as though the hole was not bored all the way thru.
2. Borrow or steal another distributor to install.
Measure the od of the bottom of the shaft.
If the shaft is silver, color it with black felt pen or dykem.
Install the distributor . You may have to rotate the rotor slightly to get the oil pump drive to engage . If you have to force the dist downward, the hole is fkd.
If it goes in, install the clamp
Try to lift up on the distributor shaft . If the shaft does not lift, remove the clamp.
Rotate the dist 10 turns.
Remove dist and post a photo of the shaft.
amore for that than i hdt
Which made me think maybe once the engine was done, it was passed on for other people in the shop to finish off.
So should i add a new distributor to the list ???
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