ok well as in the distributor clamp problames it keeps truning. and i thinki got so bad that it F'd something up.i dunno though cause my ca wont start it starts sputting if i get it started and it sputters over 3000rpms it sputters and jolts and crap. got to school this morning. and i twas like being really gay. but. could my timing chain broke and now i f'd me egnien up or did it flood it self

 

How about getting a timing light, and resetting the base timing, then clamping the distributor down?? Seems like a logical first step to me.

 

yep..if you stripped the dizzy hold down bold you need to tap it to a larger size...very important the dizzy no spin grashopper!!

 

more specifically, it is very important that certain parts of the distributor spin independantly of the others..

 

That seems to be your issue. If the base timing is WAY off like it sounds like it might be, then you need to get that set, and get that bolt hole right...

 

Man, grow up and quit posting this high school garbage here.

As far as the timing. DO a on how to install the distributor right. Pull it, reinstall it, and then set your timing with a timing light. Your problem will more than likely go away. At least your problem with your car.

 

Sounds to me like his school needs some help, they're clearly not doing their job.

Anyway yeah, if your dist hold down bolt hole is stripped, you'll need to tap the manifold for a larger bolt. The dist must be clamped down firmly, not turn, and not pop up lest you lose drive to the oil pump.

 

Don't tap your dist bolt hole to a larger size. The clamp won't accommodate anything larger than the OE size.

If the hole is damaged, Heli-Coil it, and use the right bolt.

From your description, you don't have an ignition timing problem, or a timing chain problem. Put the ignition timing back where it belongs, make sure both "fingers" of the clamp are on the dist body flange like they're supposed to be (which is more likely why your bolt won't tighten the dist, than the bolt hole being stripped), tighten it down, and leave it alone.

You have either a spark plug or a plug wire that's bad; or a fuel delivery problem.

I can't tell what you're asking about (I think this is what you mean) "interference engine". That term has nothing to do with the distributor.

 

Go to the hardware store and get a big cork and put it in the dissy hole, and with the right size drill bit and heli coil, put some new threads in there. Then a stud.
After that put the dissy in and set the timing, tighten it down and your troubles are over.

 

wow i didn't know this ****ing board was such ***'s about shyt all the time. *** damn. i thought mayb thier was something else to it since i've tim3ed the car 4 TIMES NOW. no i'm not stupid about cars i was making sure. *** damn. some ppl just think thier high and mighty. any way i'm gonna buy a new clamp. as you called it a dizzy?? and what are good brands. or a good palce to find one. i also thought it could been my timing chain. cause i had a firend that morning turn the disrbuter to find a place were it owld start and noting and thats y i asked the question.

 

No one is being asses, just most of us dont like garbarge talk. No one here thinks they are high and mighty. BTW, to add to your knowledge of cars, a dizzy is a distributor. What they are implying is that you need a new hold down clamp for the distributor, either that or the bolt or hole is stripped to hold it down.

When you reinstalled the distributor, you followed the correct steps right? And no, I am not patronizing you, its just that 99.99999999999% of the problems with a distributor is because they are not installed properly. After that, how old are the plug wires? Plugs? Plug wires that are good, but old can go bad from a uninstall/reinstall. It happens.

 

i dudn't install the dizzy and i was justt advancing the stock timing by 4 then everything went worng so. i asked here. and i have just recently changed the plugs wires. thier about 40 miles old. i used bosh plat. i've herd good things so i thought i'd try them.

 

I dont think the bosch plugs are the problem, but IMO the best thing to use is the old AC delco plugs. Thats also the general consensus of everyone here. Do you have a timing light to use? If so, what is the base timing?

 

I'm a high and mighty smart-*** LJ!!

At least some people can read whatever the hell language your posting. I can speak three and can swear in seven, and I can't understand a word you're saying. Something about bosch platinum in the last post... are you running a spark box such as an MSD?

You might want to take the time and be a tad more clear and concise with regard to your problem as we have nothing other than your words with which we must use to attempt to diagnose your problem. See what I'm sayin'?

 

Yes, yes you are! But we can all be at times. Big agreement here though, if you dont fully explain everything, it wont help. Also, you say that you didnt install the Distributor, then maybe you should. Everytime me and my brother get someone in with a car that acts crappy like that, we check plugs and wires, cap and rotor. If all that checks out, out comes a timing light. If I dont have one, I will pull the #1 plug, go to TDC compression stroke, and restab the distributor and start over. Sometimes it will save a lot of time. Sometimes it wont. But if its been tinkered with, and you didnt install it, you should double check the other peoples work. What you dont know could kill you.

 

I bet that you have the SP wires wrong. Check them, recheck them and then have somebody else check them. Then if that doesn't work get rid of the those crap plugs. There are many people on here that used those plugs and got the same results as you.