Distributor Oil

[JBohannon]

I am replacing my distributor so I pulled it and lower shaft. Lower shaft is very dry and corroded. Does it not get oil from oil pump ?

 

[700rpm]

No. There is an oiler on the side of the distributor, and also you can buy an upper shaft with a cross hole and a cam screw with an oil hole in it. It should be part of your regular lube schedule. I have always thought this got oil onto the lower shaft, but I may be wrong about that.

 

[Jerold Ebke]

I have the new shaft and screw with the hole.
How are you people getting the oil down the hole?
When I try to place a drop of oil on the screw, it just seems to bridge over the hole and not penetrate.
I read somewhere to use 30 weight oil in the top shaft and seems thick to penetrate that skinny hole.

 

[Larry Jenkins]

Use a pump oiler with 10W 30 oil. One way. Other is to clean out the original way.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

I always give the shafts a good coat of grease in hopes it will keep them from rusting.

I coat the distributor part that slips into the head with anti-seize.

 

[Chuck Sea/Tac]

I just squirt turbine oil down the hole. It's worked for 33,000 miles.

 

[Mike V. Florida]

Oiling the Distributor
The distributor should be kept clean and well oiled. Put oil
in the oil cup at the side of the distributor every 500 miles. Add
sufficient oil to reach the level of the oil cup. Every 2000 miles
remove the distributor cap, clean the lobes of the cam and apply
a light film of vaseline.

 

[Roger V]

He's asking about the lower shaft, not the upper. Tom is about the only one addressing his question. I do the same as Tom suggests.

 

[Big hammer]

Would this be a place for plating,powder coating, japan black, etc but is a cheap shaft so grease it up and go!

 

[Bob Bidonde]

Oil from the pump does not get to the distributor drive shaft. Scuff, solvent clean and coat the drive shaft with POR-15.