I bought an IH 444 last year as a project. I've been using it frequently to mow, scrape snow, run a post hole digger, and haul firewood. I started it one day last week and found it to have a miss. While diagnosing it, I learned that the distributor was seizing up. When I removed the distributor, I found it had lost two teeth on the distributor gear. I ordered a new distributor and I'm currently impatiently waiting for it's arrival....
My question is, how can I align the gears properly without pulling the engine apart? The diagram I found from International shows setting the gears with the front of the engine apart. My second question is, what lubrication goes in the housing that holds the gears of the distributor, tach gear and cam gear? The only thing that resembles a lubricant in mine is dried, packed grease that now has two teeth from the distributor gear.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My question is, how can I align the gears properly without pulling the engine apart? The diagram I found from International shows setting the gears with the front of the engine apart. My second question is, what lubrication goes in the housing that holds the gears of the distributor, tach gear and cam gear? The only thing that resembles a lubricant in mine is dried, packed grease that now has two teeth from the distributor gear.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!