Distributor

Tiny
LUIS GUERRERO2
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  • 1999 NISSAN PATHFINDER
  • 3.3L
  • 296,000 MILES
If you take the distributor cap off and turn the key would your rotor turn if so what would make it not turn. Sounds like it wants to start but no spark.
Monday, March 13th, 2017 AT 12:29 PM

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Tiny
CJ MEDEVAC
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The distributor's rotor button should turn while cranking.

Could be as easy as the hold down clamp is off and the distributor has jumped out of its hole!

Or

If you can turn the rotor button with your fingers, the roll/shear pin that holds the gear on the bottom of the distributor may be broken/sheared.

The cam may not be turning (broken belt or chain- whichever it has).

The camshaft/or distributor shaft gears could be stripped.

The distributor shaft or camshaft may be broken into.

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Monday, March 13th, 2017 AT 3:42 PM

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