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Thanks to @4Cruisers for the info. I’ll be getting a new advancer from him to get this motor going! I had to carefully rig up a platform on my drill press vise to hold the distributor and went ahead and drilled out the pin holding the gear in...

The '78 through '80 distributor housings have a 17mm diameter bore for the advancer. All other 2F distributors have a 15mm bore. Advancer bodies for F engine (and the non-US 19100-61080) distributors are 17mm. I have a couple of new aftermarket F...

Update—I’ve torn most of it down. To remove the shaft, it looks like the pin holding the dizzy gear in place needs to be tapped out? I’d have to figure out how to heat then hold it so I can tap out. Of course, everything was corroded. The...

Hello! For reasons I will not disclose, I’d like to replace the bottom distributor housing. Hah! Has anyone taken a dizzy apart—I haven’t looked at doing it yet but anyone who has done it—any tips? Thanks! Kris

Thank you! I figured they were somehow for the valves. How do I figure out if I need to replace them, or do I just have to remove the valve springs and find out?

Hello! Dumb question, but what are these for? Head gasket kit.