Farmerrye
Active Member
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2014
- Messages
- 43
- Vehicle Year
- 88
- Transmission
- Manual
hello friends,
305k on this old 1988.. we have been through a lot in a short time..... bad electrical, mysterious timing belt incidents, seized belt tensioners, and now the latest.. the distributor gears were sheared off on one side and the rotor wont turn. i replaced the dizzy tree and ran it for 50 miles then snap! the dizzy gear is eaten up (not as bad as previously) so i took it out and said a prayer and put it back in and turned the engine over to TDC and the rotor was catching. i put the cap on and reset the wires and nada. im assuming the aux shaft gears are done for..... i will pull the dizzy again and inspect the gears but im assuming they are too far gone .... I did some research about the causes then proceeded to get lost in the debate over oil pumps/strainers/screens, gear materials, and mods to the dizzy to get more oil in there.
not sure where to begin, i know there are some 2.3 at the local boneyard but i would like to have some what of a plan before going into it... any thoughts from you guys??
thanks
ryan
305k on this old 1988.. we have been through a lot in a short time..... bad electrical, mysterious timing belt incidents, seized belt tensioners, and now the latest.. the distributor gears were sheared off on one side and the rotor wont turn. i replaced the dizzy tree and ran it for 50 miles then snap! the dizzy gear is eaten up (not as bad as previously) so i took it out and said a prayer and put it back in and turned the engine over to TDC and the rotor was catching. i put the cap on and reset the wires and nada. im assuming the aux shaft gears are done for..... i will pull the dizzy again and inspect the gears but im assuming they are too far gone .... I did some research about the causes then proceeded to get lost in the debate over oil pumps/strainers/screens, gear materials, and mods to the dizzy to get more oil in there.
not sure where to begin, i know there are some 2.3 at the local boneyard but i would like to have some what of a plan before going into it... any thoughts from you guys??
thanks
ryan