Your post just made me remember a rough running 440 problem I had. It turned
out to be the wire goes into the distributor had a break in it. Replaced the
wire and it was smooth running.
If you have a good distributor from a 383 you can use parts from it to fix
the 440's. Take some needle nose pliers and reach down in the hole in the
distributor shaft(after removing the rotor) and pull out the oil sponge,
seal or whatever you call it. That exposes a clip. Next remove your vacuum
advance and remove the screws from the points plate. Remove the points
plate. Remove the above mentioned clip and pull out the cam. Do the same
with the parts donor distributor and reverse procedure to put back together.
You can do the same procedure to turn a points distributor into an
electronic one(using parts from an electronic distributor). Some may think
this is more work than it is worth, but really it only takes about an hour
all said and done(less with experience) and look at all the money you save.
I get a kick out of doing something for nothing.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Hanekamp" <bobsmopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:31 PM
Subject: IML: running ruff
> Hi All.
> I think I finally found out what the problem is with my 68 Imperial
engine.
> I took out the distributor to put in new points and when I looked it over
I
> found out that 4 of the points on the cam are worn out and that 383 will
not
> fit the 440.
> I am going to order a new one today
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