well, i was talking to my friend who knows alot about chevy's and not to much bout fords. But he was telling me that on chevy's below the distributor gear, their is another rod or shaft of somesort that directly affects the oil pump? And if this thing is not their, or fell out of place, or into the engine somehow, that it would obviosly be rattling in the engine, and also that it would not allow oil to be pumped into the engine. I'm wondering if our cars have this thing below the distributor gear that affects our oil pumps.