I noticed the other day that there was some water dripping from my water pump. It looked like it was from the gasket but just to be safe I wanted to check to make sure that it was pumping water.
So I used the old 'squeeze' test on the upper rad hose. Something caught my attention behind me and I whipped around and my hand smacked the distributor cap off. I looked at everything and all seemed to be in order so I put it back on but the car wouldn't start yet I was getting spark. I got frustrated and left it.
I was about to post to ask for help when I decided to check it again. I pulled off the rotor and noticed that the base was cracked. It must have smacked the inside of the cap and twisted and snapped. That of course would have thrown of my timing.
I noticed the other day that there was some water dripping from my water pump. It looked like it was from the gasket but just to be safe I wanted to check to make sure that it was pumping water.
So I used the old 'squeeze' test on the upper rad hose. Something caught my attention behind me and I whipped around and my hand smacked the distributor cap off. I looked at everything and all seemed to be in order so I put it back on but the car wouldn't start yet I was getting spark. I got frustrated and left it.
I was about to post to ask for help when I decided to check it again. I pulled off the rotor and noticed that the base was cracked. It must have smacked the inside of the cap and twisted and snapped. That of course would have thrown of my timing.
So now I gotta go buy a new rotor.
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