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Something to worry about?

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fox racer

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A couple months ago my can gear ate my distributor gear. The cam is fine, and the cylinder walls look fine, the motor has less than 70k miles on it. But I wonder what happened to those peices of distributor gear? Should I drop the pan and check there? Should I just get a new shortblock? I have no money really (college student) so a new shortblock is out, I would probably just have to find a low mileage 5.0L if needed. What should I do?
 
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bronze or iron distributor gear? I woudl def drop the pan and check there to see how bad it looks......
 

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drop the pan, better to be safe than sorry.
 
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