I have to get the starter fixed first and we are in the middle of a dam snow storm again. Won't be tell next week. I was thinking the same thing but how can timing chain jump. I just put it in with the gears and put that tenshioner in to. Before I put the timing cover back on I wanted to start it to make sure I had it on right and it started took right off. I walked aroung the front and remembered I hadn't had the cover on and oil was squirting all over, so I quick went and shut it off, I put the cover back on and tried to restart it and it wouldn't start, no fire. And after that I did some stuff, I don't remember what and went to start it and it started, it ran and this time I said to my self this time I ain't shutting you off. Well I got out walked around looked under the hood and it stopped on its own. That was the last time it ran. The other day when I took the crank sensor out, cleaned it and put it back in, when I went to start it, it took off but stopped like right away, I don' t think timing chain has jumped because every time I had it running it ran smooth.
When I talk about a engine with a distributer and timing, Back in the day when you were doing a tune up checking the timing, puting points in and what ever you had to do, when timing was advanced to much when you were going to start the vehicle it would crank but the spark would spark to soon before it got to Top dead center it would fire and want to send the piston back down again making it at that moment crank hard of stop cranking for a second and start out and if lucky enough wouldn't take the starter out like I did.
I"ve reading on line about some crank sensors that need to be shimed, but what I understand thats only so crank don't rub on sensor to destroy it or something. My brother thinks I have to check that I got.030 between crank and sensor. The book I got says.050 but from what one guy said you only need it somewhere around there just so it don't rub on the crank. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. Suppose it can get to be to far away but as far as close, close enough so it don't rub.
I think its got to be something with the crank sensor or cam sensor or maybe even ICM. I'm leaning more to crank sensor or the harness or plug because when I took it out it ran, but this time it's got spark just ain't sparking when it's suposed to. Thats why I was wondering if that thing called the reluctor ring on the crankshaft or camshaft could possibly move that the sensors sence when to make the spark. Or the ICM don't work, something ain't working cause its producing spark when it ain't supposed to, that all I know.
Jon
Friday, January 17th, 2020 AT 9:37 PM