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Very doubtful on the distributor doing this.
By Gerry Proctor - 02/09/2006 6:27:19 AM; IP 137.242.1.15
If something causes the oil pump to sieze, the driveshaft will either break or the distributor rollpin will shear. Those are your two weak links there. For the distributor to drive the cam out the thrust plate, the distributor would have to be turning the cam, which, of couse, doesn't work that way. And even if the driveshaft and rollpin didn't fail, the distributor would turn in the bore and kill the engine.

I don't know that you'll ever get to the cause of the failure but some things can be ruled out as causes.

I really think that the thrust plate failure is a consequence of another failure. In other words, it got taken out in the carnage. There's just nothing forceful enough that can drive the cam forward and break the plate.
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 Tsk, tsk...dont' give up hope -- John, 02/06/2006
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26772&Reply=26756><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26772" onclick="return false;">Define "break."</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Gerry Proctor, <i>02/07/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26772', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26772') }); </script>  Define "break." -- Gerry Proctor, 02/07/2006
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26778&Reply=26756><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26778" onclick="return false;">I can only guess.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Gerry Proctor, <i>02/07/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26778', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26778') }); </script>  I can only guess. -- Gerry Proctor, 02/07/2006
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26780&Reply=26756><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26780" onclick="return false;">RE: I can only guess.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>giacamo, <i>02/07/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26780', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26780') }); </script>  RE: I can only guess. -- giacamo, 02/07/2006
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26786&Reply=26756><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26786" onclick="return false;">RE: I can only guess.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Keith, <i>02/08/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26786', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26786') }); </script>  RE: I can only guess. -- Keith, 02/08/2006
Very doubtful on the distributor doing this. -- Gerry Proctor, 02/09/2006
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26781&Reply=26756><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26781" onclick="return false;">RE: Define "break."</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>walt, <i>02/07/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26781', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26781') }); </script>  RE: Define "break." -- walt, 02/07/2006
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26787&Reply=26756><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26787" onclick="return false;">RE: Define "break."</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Keith, <i>02/08/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26787', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26787') }); </script>  RE: Define "break." -- Keith, 02/08/2006
 RE: Define "break." -- Keith, 02/09/2006
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