died and found distributor gear teeth almost gone what is problem?

1993 FORD AEROSTAR
150,000 MILES
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HELIMAN
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93 ford aerostar already changed distributor and problem repeated. visual inspected camshaft and valve train components, found no mechanical damage.
Oct 16, 2011 at 12:29 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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I remember that happening to fords in the 80' and early 90's. there was a fix that used a flat washer under the distributor to shim it up to change the gear contact with the cam. I will try to find the tsb and get it to you.

Roy
Oct 16, 2011 at 1:02 AM
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