V-8 distributor gears received, upgrade to GM HEI planned...auction Saturday...

[Gremlingts@xxxx]

 After a few days delay due to a credit card "problem", I got my 
order in order, and received my 3 new AMC V-8 distributor shaft gears this week. I 
hope to begin the process of modifying a GM distributor to replace my points 
unit in the gold '74 Gremlin. Seeing as how I intend to have 3 Gremlins on the 
road in the future, figured I might as well order more gears to convert them 
over later. :) Anyway, they look good, were only $18 from Tellico4x4.com, and 
hopefully will do the job. I talked to a tech at Tellico, and he said they 
"recommend" replacing the gear on the camshaft, as the old gears may develop a 
flat spot on the contact area of the gears, and installing a new gear " may " 
cause a problem ( ie, stripping the new gear and/or camshaft gear teeth off ). 
I decided to go without, as I don't intend to pull the camshaft out now, and 
will risk the possible problem. I will have the OEM 6-cylinder gear looked at 
to see if a problem can be averted if it does have the suspect wear pattern. 
Sure don't need to tear up my engine if I can help it! I'll probably pull the 
distributor out before I do the timing chain ( or somewhere close ), and if 
there is major wear, then I can abort the timing chain replacement,and pull the 
cam out when I redo the head this summer. Might be a good excuse to "upgrade" 
the cam then, too! LOL. Oh well, one thing leads to another sometimes. 
Planning on hitting an auction this weekend, there's lots of Jeep stuff, 
an AMC Pacer, and loads of other interesting stuff at the Rixeyville, VA estate 
auction ( details at 
<A HREF="http://www.tillettanddamewoodauctioneers.com/";>http://www.tillettanddamewoodauctioneers.com/</A> ). 
Well, that's all for today, I have a pounding sinus headache ( RUN, 
it's SARS ! ). LOL. I'm gonna go lay down for awhile. AMC ya,

Jerry in Virginia


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