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Sheared dist pin is AFAIK a Cleveland- only issue? Can't some vendor come up with a pin made of kryptonite or something? Why do we still live with this threat?

No- its a FORD pushrod engine issue. 289s thru 460s also shear the exact same safety-pin & twist pump driveshafts. Drag on the distributor gear- of which NO one checks clearance, or junk in the oil cause 90+% of failures, but adding to the load with unneeded high-(trouble) pumps is unwise. When Ford went to SOHC & DOHC engines in the '90s, those pumps are direct crank-driven. And they have their own failure modes. As GM found when they copied Ford's new pumps. Nothing's perfect.

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