It seems like my new Streetfire Dizzy isn't sitting all the way... Can anyone chime in as to why it would do this?

 

umm... if I remember correctly, there is a shaft connected to the oil pump or something inside where the distributor goes in, look in there with a flash light, you have to align it with a screwdriver to where it will align with the dizzy...

 

What if I turn the motor would it seat then?

 

If you do that you will mess up the timing and you will have to set the base timing.... I don't have concrete information, there is a post about the steps to set the base timing though....

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...e-down-me.html

 

You can stick a flathead screwdriver in there and turn it if need be. I used to an old distributor shaft and machined a piece so that it would be spot on and I wouldn't have to hunt for the shaft.

 

I got it to sit. Just bumped the starter a few times.

 

I've used that very method many times.

I just install the distributor with the rotor tip pointed where I wanted it and, with the harmonic balancer mark set at the BTDC timing mark I wanted on the compression stroke. I then just bumped the engine. At some point the distributor would drop all the way down. BINGO!

Jake