89 cv, how do I find out which distributor gear I need? The steel or cast I mean
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1989 crown Vic daily driver 165k and counting!
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assuming it's stock, you have a roller motor and need one with a machined steel gear. Only 85 and older non-roller motors use a cast iron gear.Pete ::::>>> resident LED addict and CFI defector LED bulb replacements
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It is stock and thank you for the reply. Any thoughts on why two different materials for the gears?1989 crown Vic daily driver 165k and counting!
1987 MGM 49xxx mi awaiting light restoComment
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because of the cam gears that they mesh with. the older cams used iron... the newer roller cams use steal.
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Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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and to elaborate on that, iron gives up to steel. If you put an iron gear on a steel cam, you end up with a toothless gear and a pan of metal shavings. Put a steel distributor in a car with an iron cam, and you end up with a camshaft with no teeth plus the metal in the pan. Much more of a PITA to swap a cam than a distributor, but really you don't want that metal in the oil.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
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Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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