Car died yesterday, need help on this one

Well, the distributor is turned via a gear by the camshaft, and it is attached to the driveshaft for the oil pump. In your situation I would verify the rotor itself is not obviously broken (it pulls right off). And if it looks okay I'd pull the distributor and have a look at it, the shaft, the gear, and then down the hole at the oil pump shaft. By this point I expect you'll have found evidence of what is wrong. Hopefully nothing too painful, like a seized oil pump...

Dave

Yep, sounds like your distributor gear is stripped at the very minimum.

red94fiveo said:

Update -

Checked this morning and I have no spark, also lifted the dizzy cap up and cranked the engine, that rotor isn't moving at all.

I feel cmfortable with most everything on my car, but I hate electrical stuff and don't know much about it. Thanks for the links and keep the advice coming!

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Ahh i called it!! I had this happen to me twice!! Once the gear on the cam wore out, second the dist gear(wrong metal) wore out.

The time with the cam was from the roll master timing chain. I failed to use the bronze washer that comes with it(someone told me not to), and the cam was walking bad, and eventually the dist gear ate up the cam gear.

I would guess that theres no way its a seized oil pump. When a stock oil pump seizes the shaft snaps.. the shaft is very weak. The car will still run, just without oil pressure.

Anyways, pull the dist out, check the gear on the end, then take a flash light and look at the cam gear. If you used a rollmaster timing chain and didnt use the brozne washer then thats your problem for sure.