Ford COUGAR 1968 Shop Manual page 456

GROUP 9
-
Ignition System
3. Remove the distributor fromthe
press and remove the support tool.
Install the gear retaining pin (Fig. 7).
4. Complete the assembly by fol-
lowing steps 8 thru 23 under Installing
Original Shaftand Gear.
NEW SHAFT AND GEAR
-V-8 ENGINES
The shaft and gear are replaced
as an assembly. One part should not
be replaced without replacing the
other. Refer to Fig. 5 for the.correct
location of the parts.
1. Follow steps I, 2, 3, and 4 un-
der Installing Original Shaft and
Gear Conventional Ignition System
Distributor.
2. Attach the distributor shaft sup-
porting tool to the distributor and
install the assembly in a vise. Insert
a 0.024-inch feeler gauge between
the backing screw and the shaft.
Tighten the backing screw on the
tool enough to remove all shaft end
Tool-T571- 12390-A,
Specified
Alignment
Detail 3
DRlU
H
INCH
HOLE THROUGH
Toal- TIGHTEN SCREW
T571-12390-A, ENOUGH
TO
81387-D
FIG.
77-New
Shaft a n d G e a r
Installation-V-8 Engines
play. Remove the feeler gauge and
allow the shaft to rest on the back-
ing screw. Slide the collar on the
shaft. While holding the collar in
place against the distributor base
(Fig. 17). drill a 118-inch hole through
the shaft using the access opening
in the collar as a pilot.
3. Position the gear on the end of
the shaft. Install the assembly in a
press.
4. With the backing screw on the
support tool tightened enough to re-
move all end play, press the gear on
the shaft to the specified distance
from the bottom face of the gear to
the bottom face of the distributor
mounting flange (Fig. 17). Drill a
118-inch hole through the shaft lising
the hole in the gear as a pilot.
5. Remove the distributor from
the press and remove the support
tool. Install the collar retaining pin
(Fig. 7) and the gear retaining pin
(Fie. 7 ) . .
"
6 . complete the assembly by fol-
lowing steps 9 thru 25 under Install-
ing Original Shaft and Gear.