Date:         Thu, 9 Mar 2000 19:39:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM>
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From:         Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM>
Subject:      Re: crank crank THUD continues
Comments: To: Gina <GG811@SENTRYMICRO.COM>
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> Gina wrote:
>
> Thank you all for your help and suggestions.  I realize my description
> of
> THUD was ambiguous

Gina,
Just a thought-grab your distributor and see if it will turn. The
crank-crank-THUD sounds suspiciously like the response the engine makes
when it's seriously out of time. If the distributor is loose, there's a
chance it turned far enough to produce that sound and no start.
Larry

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