distributor alignment

[effvee]

Hi, I found out what is was. After you install the crankshaft and cam. It is better to next install the distributor drive gear. But what escaped me was the bottom shimms to the distributor drive gear. Actually we were going to do the same problem all over again. This time I noticed that the shimms were contacting the crankshaft gear. I noticed when I was disassembling the engine. The shim was damaged, so after cleaning up the engine, I noted that the shimms needed to be installed,before the drive gear. All of the other times we had installed the drive,with shimms, big mistake. I could not align the drive like the book called for. Just as soon as I installed the shims before the drive, it was easy to aling and install.