On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:53:36 GMT, Richard Lamb
wrote:

Oh, this looks like fun!



I busted a distributor drive in an old '65 ford van.

V8? - Most common problem there was the oil pump, which was driven by
the same drive as the distributor. I've seen a few of those twist off
- but usually when starting, not on the road. Generally on vehicles
that didn't know what an oil change was.

the "cause" was a rusty gas tank that kept clogging the fuel filter.
made the poor beast chug so hard at times that it finally broke the drive.

So it was a maintenance issue.


busted a timing belt in my little bronze Les Nesman K-car.
was running real smooth, then stopped.
about 88,000 miles

And the factory recommends, for good reason, that the belt be changed
at 90,000km, which is 55,000 Miles. So it is a maintenance issue.



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