I had the distributor pin shear on my tow rig once. I pulled into a repair
shop, described my problem (90 % power loss), and the guy says "You sheared
your distributor gear pin". Just that fast! I couldn't believe it when he was
right. He sold me a pin for 9 cents and let me change it myself in his shop.
Thanks NAPA.
The second thing I thought about with the unknown debris is my friend who left
a screwdriver in his intake manifold. It ran great for 40,000 miles until he
went around a corner and put the shaft halfway through an open valve. OOOps.
Simon Smith
In Everett, Wa. 50 degrees and kinda dry.
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> From: Keith Turk[SMTP:kturk@ala.net]
> Reply To: Keith Turk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:15 AM
> To: ghalvorson:First ghalvorson:Last; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Whatizit and Whereizitfrom?
>
> How bout the Distributor Drive Gear Pin? Pull the Distributor and check the
> gear at the bottom... if Half that pin is gone it might still run for a
> while before it lost timing.
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