Quit doing repairs for the guy, so could he borrow my timing light for another friend to fix his truck. Sure, no problem I'll be in the area Sundy night and will pick it up then. So, 10p.m. Sunday, stop by and Mr. ungrateful is in a snit. Other guy tore it apart and left. He has to work the next morning and doesn't have a way to get there. Me being the nice guy that I am, I put the thing together, which wasn't an easy feat considering that I hadn't seen how it was put together in the first place and there were missing parts and pieces (bolts). So I had to do a little Jimmy-rigging, had I been at my shop, or any self-respecting shop for that matter, I would have scrounged up the proper bolts instead of cobbling it together. Throw the timing light on it and it's dead on! Plug the vacuum hose on, rev it a little and the advance works just fine. Turn it off then hit the starter without touching gas pedal and it firers right up and purrs. 2 a.m. Monday morning and I done and gone. Never ever even touched the distributer! Probably should have checked to see if it was tightened down.
Going over railroad tracks the next day, the thing sputters to a stop. He calls a garage and has it towed. Told them to go ahead and fix it as his friend isn't the best of mechanics, which is true, but I am not incompetent either! They tell him they had to tear the whole thing apart because the timing gear was installed one tooth off (B#@%*$*#%!!!). Either they're liars or they're not a self-respecting shop...or both. A couple days later I got a chance to look under the hood, not one bolt had been changed, all the dodgy stuff I did was still in place. This particular shop I'm familiar enough with to know what they did. They charged him 280$ realign the distributer and tighten it down. Heck if this guy was so darn smart about automotives then why didn't he diagnose the problem on the side of the road and set it by ear to get home...like I've had to do once or twice.
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