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But it's not as bad as it sounds. I did not loose oil pressure, keep on driving and lock up the motor. Here's the scenario:
2 days prior to incident, car is running weird. Power seems to be down. Can't quite put my finger on it.
1 day prior, car is audibly detonating at high load/RPM. It is hot outside, so I pulled some timing with the tweecer. 4 degrees to be exact. Power is noticeably down.
Day of incident I'm accelerating (not heavily) and there is a "thud" in the engine compartment. Engine dies and I immediately pull over. Car will not re-start and it sounds like it does when you have the dizzy 180 out. You know, the weird burp coming out of the intake.
Called Dad with the trailer and loaded her up to go home. Upon inspection, I found that the valve events coincide with the timing marks on the balancer (indicating that it did not jump time). I pulled the distributor and the end of the oil pump drive rod was in the bottom of the dizzy, broken clean off. I put a 8mm socket on a long extension and discovered that the oil pump is locked up. That's all fine, I can replace the oil pump, but the thing is, I reinstalled the dizzy and it still will not start. I KNOW I CANNOT RUN IT WITH NO OIL PRESSURE, but I still want it to start before I pull the pan. The rotor is turning accordingly and stays in time, I have spark at the coil and at the plugs. Also, fuel pressure is good. WTF?
2 days prior to incident, car is running weird. Power seems to be down. Can't quite put my finger on it.
1 day prior, car is audibly detonating at high load/RPM. It is hot outside, so I pulled some timing with the tweecer. 4 degrees to be exact. Power is noticeably down.
Day of incident I'm accelerating (not heavily) and there is a "thud" in the engine compartment. Engine dies and I immediately pull over. Car will not re-start and it sounds like it does when you have the dizzy 180 out. You know, the weird burp coming out of the intake.
Called Dad with the trailer and loaded her up to go home. Upon inspection, I found that the valve events coincide with the timing marks on the balancer (indicating that it did not jump time). I pulled the distributor and the end of the oil pump drive rod was in the bottom of the dizzy, broken clean off. I put a 8mm socket on a long extension and discovered that the oil pump is locked up. That's all fine, I can replace the oil pump, but the thing is, I reinstalled the dizzy and it still will not start. I KNOW I CANNOT RUN IT WITH NO OIL PRESSURE, but I still want it to start before I pull the pan. The rotor is turning accordingly and stays in time, I have spark at the coil and at the plugs. Also, fuel pressure is good. WTF?
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