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Just shipped out this 4.4L late model 2F to the east coast. It is dressed as an F to go in a '71 FJ40. It was not the recommended choice to use the original metal fan and no oil cooler, but the customer insisted.

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Customers say the funniest things #642:
"Jim remanufactured my engine and it is MAGNIFICENT. I have owned and driven 5 FJ40's and had numerous parts rigs, and this is no doubt the finest running engine I have ever had the pleasure of driving." - Aaron from VA
(Editor's Note: It helps to read the above using a Presidential Voice)

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Today is focused on servicing distributors. Inside the distributor is a piece called the 'governor pin'. The advance mechanism rests on this pin at idle, then advances until it hits the other side of the pin at 4000rpm. The pin is a metal core with plastic sleeve, but the plastic sleeve is usually shattered into pieces, which allows too much total advance and advance starts too early.
1st pic: location of the pin inside dissy.
2nd pic: an OEM plastic sleeve that is still largely intact.
3rd pic: pin with no plastic sleeve (this is what they usually look like).
The fix is a crimped on metal sleeve (not pictured).