Issue:
Went to prime the engine today, everything seemed to be going smoothly, oil pressure built great.
But there is a spot I noticed the distributor wants to move upward out of the spot it rests in, and the intermediate shaft gear is noticably stiffer at this turning spot as well.
I'm thinking some of the teeth of the intermediate shaft aren't meshing as nicely with the oil pump gears in this spot. The oil pump is new (Melling), the I-shaft is used of course. Nothing seemed out of ordinary between either of them, until this point anyway.
New bearings for the I-shaft as well, and it spun freely when I tested it after having my machine shop put the bearings in.
Distributor turned freely, so did the oil pump. Something must not be right though.
Thoughts?