Dead 440 Timing Gears, Coincidence or Mailing List Power of Suggestion

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Now Eric,

What you describe is what I would have expected to see, and now since it is 
confirmed, your Chrysler did the exact same thing as my Lincoln Mark VI, right 
down to the circumstances of leaving a freeway.

My, what a "timely" thread we weave! Didn't this start out with "I have been on 
here since July and I haven't seen anything about the 440 skipping time at 
around 100,000 miles" or something to that effect? 

Paul

In a message dated 12/7/2003 12:38:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
gearhead@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> 
> 
> Confirmation: Cam gear all chewed up, chain so loose that I could lift it
> off the gear.
> Paul, did you have a question about timing gears, I can tell u all about
> them, now. :-)
> 
> Eric
> '63 Crown Four-Door
> '72 Newport Custom Sedan
> 
> From: dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat,  6 Dec 2003 10:44:26 -0600
> Subject: IML: 72 440 dead
> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Eric, before you conclude that the timing gear jumped a tooth and is
> responsible
> for the engine dying, why don't you try the more usual (and easy to repair)
> factors first.  Is there fuel?  Is there spark?  Drop a small quantity of
> gas
> in the carb, and crank it.  If it tries to fire up, may be you have a fue
> problem.  (are there any gasoline smells coming from the carb whith the air
> cleaner off?  Any fuel squarting when you pump the throttle linkage by
> hand?).
> If that turns out negative (fuel delivary OK) try spark.  Remove a sparkplug
> and with the plug wire on it, put the plug on a metal part of the car to get
> it
> grounded.  Then crank, and observe for spark.  This is easier done at night.
> 
> Does 72 year model have electronic ignition?  These are known to die w/out
> warning.
> 
> D^2
> 
> 
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