hello everyone,
well it turns out it was the distributor, we opened it up and the rotor was in pieces so we replaced the rotor and cap and drove it and it still made the funky noise I explained before. I was able to pull over and put my hand on the distributor and it was the source of the noies, my Dad seems to think the bearings may be going out on the distrib. The noise stops once the engine is warm. The distrib. has very little play in it. should I go ahead and replace it or what.


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i had an 85 4by w/300-6cyl the dist cap came apart at 55mph wrecked ththe rotor,lost all running,replaced cap,rotor no more probs,now i have an 87 4by,4.9 an have this almost clicking noise in the dist cap,replaced cap an rotor,could the roll pin be comming loose for this vibration that i feel when shes running ?also have replaced timming gear,went smoothly any thoughts? -rob-

 

Hey there, Well we found out the whole distreib had gone bad. It was causing a vibration and noise so I replaced the whole distributor and she is runing like a charm and the vibration is gone. apparently the bearings inside the old distrib had gone bad and were binding up. Hope this helps.