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Author Topic: Distributor gear ground off by E303????? Don CAFords OG Member # 938 posted                              I found out why my car won't start. The gear on the end of my distributor was ground down. Has this happend to anyone else? It is an E303 with a stock distributor with a cast iron gear. -------------------- 06 sti 2.5 95 GT 5.2 Posts: 962 | From: Manteca, CA | Registered: Feb 2002  |  : JohnB Tech Moderator Member # 969 posted                              That's your problem...it's supposed to be bronze. Posts: 6523 | From: Orlando FL/Redding CA | Registered: Mar 2002  |  : FasterDamnit Bad Attitude Member # 442 posted                                 "it's supposed to be bronze. " Only if it is an aftermarket dist. Stock 5.0 distributers have a steel gear to match the steel roller cam. Non-roller stock cam motors will have an iron gear. Sounds liek someone mixed an iron geared dist. w/ roller cam. Bad news. Lots of metal floating around in there now. -------------------- '92 LX T5 Looked stock, went 11's 11.90 at 115mph. '65 Mustang 347 www.fordmuscle.com Livin' in the Carolina Pines Posts: 2971 | From: NorCal | Registered: Sep 2001  |  : JohnB Tech Moderator Member # 969 posted                              ....or if it's a replacement gear, as the extra distrbutor I have is But yes, you're correct..factory items are "machined from steel and specially hardened to be compatible with billet-steel roller camshaft. Do not attempt to use cast iron gears designed for flat-tappet cams." That's straight from my latest Ford Racing catalog... Unfortunately, it's definitely time for a tear-down on that one... -------------------- 1965 Shelby Cobra 1993 Cobra 2012 F150 Raptor 2020 GT500 Posts: 6523 | From: Orlando FL/Redding CA | Registered: Mar 2002  |  : Don CAFords OG Member # 938 posted                              It is the same distributor that was it the car with the stock roller cam, and it was fine then. Now with the new motor and cam it got ground down. -------------------- 06 sti 2.5 95 GT 5.2 Posts: 962 | From: Manteca, CA | Registered: Feb 2002  |  :

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