Jon,
It sounds like the car is a complete total . I would offer you $500
and tow it away for you this weekend :-) I sure hate for your neighbors
to complain about that non running car in your driveway.
Mike
jon_wissler@pngc.com wrote:
> Why do I do this to myself. My wife couldn't get the 2000 to start last
> night and had it towed home. Tried to kick it over this AM and it wanted
> to start but wouldn't. Checked the points and saw a "chunk" on one of the
> contacts so decided to do a tune up first. I was pulling the LONG skinny
> bolt on the outside of the dist that the condensor connects to so I could
> completely clean the contact. I realize now that I must have removed the
> backing on the inside of the distributor that the bolt uses for a thread
> after it passes through the plastic block on the outer edge of the dizzy.
> What the hell does this look like? Where could it have gone? There is a
> space in the dist plate right below where this bolt passes through the
> distributor body, and I fear that whatever the hell it was has fallen down
> into the innards of the distirbutor. Can anybody explain what I'm looking
> for or have a good closup as to what it should look like? HELP !!!
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