Engine died, won't start

Nate's69F100 · Post by **Nate's69F100** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:37 pm

Ok, so last tuesday i was headed to town and when i shifted to 3rd, she just died on me. (no pops, squeaks, anything) so i had to be towed home by my friend and his 1998 V10 dodge

after a week of working on it i still can't get it started. i have noticed that the distributor is not turning. anybody got some advice or suggestions as to what it might be?

flyboy2610 · Post by **flyboy2610** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:22 pm

Could be that the drive gear for the distributor broke. Pull the dizzy and check it.

michael69 · Post by **michael69** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:25 pm

If distriburtor is not turning it may be timing chain or the distributor gear .

flyboy2610 · Post by **flyboy2610** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:48 pm

If the timing chain broke, the pistons would have hit valves that were in the down position. I'm sure he would have heard that!

TNIceWolf · Post by **TNIceWolf** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:03 pm

Or it could be that the roll pin holding the gear in place on the distributor has sheared. I had that happen once with a 351W. Just shut down......no warning just died. I got out and checked........no distributor rotor rotation.....had it towed home......pulled the distributor and found the sheared pin. ^% dollar wrecker bill for ten miles..........roll pin assortment was a whole three bucks.....................jeez.

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