Can u help me get my truck started?

If it won't start, check to see if there is spark and fuel getting to the engine. Let me know what you find.

CAN YOU TURN MR. ROTOR BUTTON/ ROTOR SHAFT WITH YOUR FINGERS---APPLY STIFF PRESSURE, NOT ENOUGH TO BREAK THE BUTTON

RESULTS?

THE MEDIC

It sounds like the distributor gear is damaged. The rotor should turn. THat is where the problem is coming from. You need to remove the distributor and check what is causing the problem.

USUALLY THE ROLL PIN THAT HOLDS THE GEAR ON THE SHAFT SHEARS-PIN WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND RE-TIMED, IF THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE, COULD BE WORSE.

CAN YOU DO THIS YOURSELF?

THE MEDIC

Why don't you just crank the engine to see if the rotor turns before you go and throw everything out of time checking something that you haven't confirmed.

What wrenchtech said it true. But I believe it has already been checked. (3rd post)

IF THE CHECK (BUTTON TURNS ROUND AND ROUND WITH YOUR FINGERS)WAS DONE CORRECTLY

IT'LL STILL TURN WITH THE CRANKING ACTION (CAUSE THE GEAR MAY STILL SORTA TIGHT ON THE SHAFT, SLIPPING MAY BE INTERMITTENT)

EVEN REMOVED, THE PIN APPEARS TO BE INTACT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GEAR---THE MIDDLE IS THE SHEARED PORTION

IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ONE OF THOSE DEALS, WHERE YOU KNOW FOR CERTAIN THE SHAFT WILL TURN 'ROUND AND 'ROUND WITH YOUR FINGERS----I'M NOT TALKING BACK AND FORTH SLACK, THAT IS NORMAL!

LET US KNOW FOR SURE--WE MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN PULLING THE DISTRIBUTOR, MAKING NOTES ALONG THE WAY, AND BEING ABLE TO RE-INSTALL IT WITHOUT GOING THRU THE "TOP DEAD CENTER" (TDC) PROCESS----MAY GET YOU BACK IN, WITH LITTLE EFFORT.

THIS PROCESS MUST BEGIN, BEFORE YOU SNATCH IT OUT. GOTTA DO IT THE HARD WAY OTHERWISE!

THE MEDIC

IF INDEED THE PIN IS SHEARED--GONNA HAVE TO DO IT THE HARD WAY ANYWAY.

MAYBE YOU HAVE NOT MOVED THE DISTRIBUTOR YET!

BUT IT'S GOOD TO GO THRU THE EZ PROCESS, JUST SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND, IF YOU EVER NEED TO DO IT LATER. OR YOU NEED TO TRY IT THIS TIME.

IF YOU GET ALL CONFUSED--THE MORE INVOLVED WAY IS ALWAYS THERE TO USE. THEORY NEVER CHANGES. JUST THE WAY PEOPLE ATTACK IT!

KEEP US INFORMED

THE MEDIC

Yes, the distributor is causing the backfiring and the exhaust issue. The cylinders are firing at the wrong time. As a result, you are getting a backfire. Make sure you install the new distributor correctly so the timing is correct.

GLAD YOU FOUND THE PROBLEM

WHILE IT IS OUT---OBSERVE THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLE IT CAME OUT OF---YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A "STRAIGHT-BLADE SCREWDRIVER SLOT"

NOTE WHICH WAY IT IS POINTING

TAKE A LARGER STRAIGHT-BLADE SCREWDRIVER AND SEE IF IT WILL TURN SEVERAL REVOLUTIONS--CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE

WHY? YOU SAY?THE SLOT IS THE "DRIVE" FOR THE OIL PUMP, IF THE OIL PUMP WILL NOT TURN, IT COULD BE LOCKED UP!IF IT'S LOCKED UP.

THAT AIN'T A GOOD THING! THIS MAY BE WHY THE GEAR'S ROLL PIN SHEARED TO BEGIN WITH (SORTA KEEPS BIGGER STUFF FROM BREAKING)

IF IT WON'T TURN--BE PREPARED TO REMOVE/ REPAIR/ REPLACE MR. OIL PUMP

IF THE BACKFIRE WAS A "ONE TIME" SUDDEN OCCURRENCE THING---YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY FROM THE "SUDDEN OCCURRENCE" TIMING IS OFF FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR MALFUNCTION.

I HOPE YOU SORTA MARKED THE POSITION OF THE DISTRIBUTOR HOUSING---AS WELL AS WHERE THE ROTOR BUTTON WAS POINTING WHEN YOU BEGAN TO LIFT IT OUT----AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW YOU DID NOT BUMP OR MOVE THE CRANKSHAFT AFTER THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS REMOVED. IS ALL OF THIS CORRECT?

IF NOT, LET ME KNOW.I'LL TALK YOU THRU THE HARD WAY OF INSTALLING IT!

IT MAY HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO HAVE PURCHASED ANOTHER ROLL PIN, DROVE THE OLD ONE OUT AND REPLACED IT

DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GOT THE NEW ONE, YOU MAY HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON IT (GOOD THING)

THE MEDIC

OH YEAH!

GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF--THE "HARD WAY" IS THE ONLY WAY THE DISTRIBUTOR CAN PROPERLY BE INSTALLED

YOU ARE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE #1 SPARK PLUG AND FIND "TDC" ON THE COMPRESSION STROKE--IN ORDER TO DROP THE DISTRIBUTOR INTO THE CORRECT TOOTH OF THE CAM

I WILL EXPLAIN IN GREATER DETAIL IF NEED-BE!LET ME KNOW!

ALSO, YOU MAY HAVE TO MOVE THE OIL PUMP SLOT, TO MATCH UP WITH THE DIST SHAFT IN ORDER FOR THE DIST TO SEAT DOWN FULLY

THE MEDIC