stuart

Thanks, at this point I think it is a wash for cost. I have a new old door available which requires a complete removal and reinstallation of all the power window and frame parts. could be a DIY project except for the painting. could they do a great paint match? while my car is a repaint and reasonably good not to the quality that a good paint shop could do so could they match or repaint the car. Of course in Los Angeles with all the regs, paint is expensive. That's why I thought to repair the fiberglass mount might be the least complicated. Thank you for your help. The forum is great Stu

I'm sure the fiberglass mount is damaged. any known repair technique short of a new door? Stu

my door seems to have a broken internal lower mounting. while it still is closing and lockable, are their any know fixes?

Thank you Nelson, you were right on... My 84 year old eyes had missed the fact that the distributor had not dropped into the correct position. per your instructions I loosened the clamp bumped the engine and it dropped into the correct position. Engine starts, lots of oil pressure. great now. Thanks again. Stu

Hi paul, thanks, I do have the workshop manual as well as the parts manual for the 63 Avanti. I must have searched for hours and missed the info in the manual. However I just reread the parts related to the installation of distributor and I think that this distributor is slightly different than the stock stude model, I think something is missing in the info. While the distributor and shaft are exactlly what came out of the engine, and when reinstalling it, it felt like everything meshed. aparentlly it did not. cranked and started normallly after the new electronics were installed, but no oil pressure. I wonder if there is something that sits on top of the oil pump to receive the end of the distributor shaft.? if so it may have fallen out when the distributor was removed. just guessing at that, as nothing shows that in the manual. I will have to remove the distributor tomorrow and look down as see why it does not connect. Thank you for the additional info. Stu

Thank you all for this help. makes sense i just had no information as to know if the two were related. i will try this tomorrow. Hope i didn't break anything when i installed the distributor. Thanks Again, Stu

i had replace the electronics and coil on my 63 Avanti distributor. To replace it on a TSP distributor i carefully removed it from the engine and replace the electronics. Then carefully reinstalled it into the distributor hole at the rear of the engine. Dressed up the wiring and then proceeded to crank the engine and it started like normal. As it was running for about 30 seconds and seemed normal I looked at all the gauges and WOOPS no oil pressure. i have checked the line from the Oil pressure sender to the gauge and it appears to be intact but unable to read pressure. Shut off the engine. Now my question. Does the distributor have anything to do with operating the oil pump? could I have damaged anything reinstalling the distributor. I cant find any information in the workshop manual showing the assembly of oil pump or distributor installation. Stu