Destroying a Distributor
crzylee
Jeeper
Well as I posted in my first post, I have had problems with my AMC 360 eating distributor gears for lunch (and supper) and at $50 each distributor, that hurts!
Well last night I went over to some friends house and we were going to replace the camshaft and other things. I tell y'all what, the bolt holding the harmonic balancer on is a pain in the you know where to break over and remove!!!
Removed the timing cover (finally!) and immediately spotted 2 problems. I don't know if these are the root causes or not, but its a good start: The timing chain had ALOT of slack in it, and the Camshaft Distributor Drive Gear was chewed up! Called the local Auto Zone and they said it was a dealer part only. Called Summit Racing and they said it was a junkyard part. My friends and I were baffled that we could not find the part besides the stealership, so Google here I come.
After a few minutes of searching I was able to find it here. So now I get to call them today and see how much overnight shipping will be, so I can TRY to be up and running for WWGTD
I truly hope this will solve my problem, along with a new timing set, but only time will tell!!
Well last night I went over to some friends house and we were going to replace the camshaft and other things. I tell y'all what, the bolt holding the harmonic balancer on is a pain in the you know where to break over and remove!!!
Removed the timing cover (finally!) and immediately spotted 2 problems. I don't know if these are the root causes or not, but its a good start: The timing chain had ALOT of slack in it, and the Camshaft Distributor Drive Gear was chewed up! Called the local Auto Zone and they said it was a dealer part only. Called Summit Racing and they said it was a junkyard part. My friends and I were baffled that we could not find the part besides the stealership, so Google here I come.
After a few minutes of searching I was able to find it here. So now I get to call them today and see how much overnight shipping will be, so I can TRY to be up and running for WWGTD
I truly hope this will solve my problem, along with a new timing set, but only time will tell!!