Loose distributor

Asked by CJohnson873 Mar 10, 2019 at 01:53 AM about the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Extended Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I'm work on my 97 Chevy silverado has a 350 my
distributor is loose like its bolted in but it loose and
turn switch causing a misfire is there any way to fix
it without changing the distributor

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beatupchevy answered 5 years ago

On my 94 they used small bolts to hold down the dist. they rotted out and couldn't be removed , I smashed the dist. and drilled holes through the plate and used small bolts to hold down the new one , but yeah , it shouldn't move at all

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