Well I pulled the distributor out tonight. I had to use a pry bar to get it
out in all the years I have never had a dist come out so hard. When I pulled
it out the points and everything in it looked knew then I saw it stamped as
re-manufactured. the shaft looked like it was hit by something be for it was
redone. some gears are broke off. and the distributor is real tight to turn.
Now I guess it is time to finish the HEI I started building. Boy I feel
better. busted gear has it happened to anybody allot. This is my first time
in 24 years. and I been running Chevy's most of the time???
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Zeppin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevelle Died today
I had something almost identical happen to my '74 camaro with a 454 in it
about 14 years ago... I remember it like it happened yesterday...
I was running down the road, going the speed limit ( I did once in awhile
ya know!) and all of a sudden the rpm's dropped to nothing
and I got a HUGE backfire... coasted into a parking lot and tried to
restart it... BOOM, another loud backfire... I got out and looked under
the
car and the left turbo muffler looked like a grenade had gone off in it...
I called a buddy up and he towed me home... I pulled the valve covers and
cranked the motor, no issues there.... I pulled the dist. out and the
dist gear was sharp enough to shave with, with one area ground enough to
slip on the cam gear.
New bronze (this time!) gear and it fired right up... I was lucky...cost
me a gear and a muffler.
Pull your distributor... if it looks good, I'd have to go with your
reasoning and say timing chain.
Ron
Al Hembd wrote:
I was out driving the Chevelle Today first time sense it was put away
before winter. You know getting the nice car the thumbs up. Getting the
good feeling you get when you drive a chevelle. Well the 454 let me down
tonight. I went to get on it a little got up to about 4000 then a
backfire and the car died. No spark. Maybe no power to the coil. If so
its OK changing to HEI. nope not it I popped the distributor cap off and
no spinning of the rotor tried to turn it by hand. not turning.
distributor not broke.
Maybe the timing gears/chain??????????? Man I bummed!!!!!!!!!!! going
for surgery on the 23 to have part of my clavicle removed and exploring
the rotator cuff I hurt it at work on 12/30/05 been off work sense the 10
of Jan. I am not saposto(Bad Spelling) use the arm as it is still in
allot of pain. Again I am bummed!!!!!!!!! Think it is the chain??????
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