Engine failure, root cause?

[1784]

Thanks for your thougts and ideas.
I can't see any indication that the distributor has been forcefully rotated in the front cover.
I guess the state of the washer proves that the chain was not broken when the washer found it's way down to the crank gear?
Othervise the broken gear and chain could perhaps have caused the broken the distributor shaft before they stopped moving,?

How does the distributor drive gears look, is the state of wear normal for the milage (~110k)?

 

[mbrummal]

could the distributor have been dropped and fractured the shaft and it just let go after it was put in? just a guess.

 

[lforgue8]

could the distributor have been dropped and fractured the shaft and it just let go after it was put in? just a guess.

could be i mean it sucks to think someone dropped the distributor seeing its what make the truck run and then reinstalled it....but there are some "hacks" out there i guess but i hate thinking that you know.........


as far as the lack of oil for the dist shaft i cant think of that seizing enough to snap the shaft though.....does the dist shaft move in it bore?


very confusing for sure