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Engine dead 700 1989

Last Saturday I went to start The Breadbox and it died right after start up. I restarted and the same thing happened. I started the third time and revved the engine to keep it running (it seemed to run fine) but when it went back to idle it died again. When I tried to restart it again, I got nothing. The engine didn't even shake. I had it towed home. I checked the timing belt and it's in one piece and not even worn - the camshaft turns. I checked the coil with a spare that I know is good and had no luck. Took off the distributor cap and cranked it. Doesn't look like the rotor turned. Tried three times and rotor position was the same after each time. The way my luck has been running the rotor was probably turning and it's just a huge coincidence that it stopped in exactly the same place each time. I'm getting a distributor this weekend. Anything else I should be looking at if that's not the problem? By the way, the driver's side door latch broke when I tried to get back into it at home. Sometimes I think it just doesn't want me driving it.






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New Engine dead [700][1989]
posted by  MTerry  on Thu Jul 31 07:52 CST 2008 >


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