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Thanks K9sar ans everyone else here, one thing I did notice is that by moving the distributor around the noise fades away, but not completely, in reality havent been able to meve the distributor freely because its too tight too hard to rotate just a but, and yes the bolt is loosen. I dont have the equipment to do the compression test but I will find someone to help me with that. What Im trying to avoid is to have to open the engine for a bent valve, so I want to make sure before I do so. I might have to buy the timing gun. And check timing first, and take it from there. Is that a good idea?

So, just so I get a good idea of the damage. In summary what am I looking at when having to fix this?

Mechanic changed belt, put the pieces back together. He said the timing didnt have to be set because its already set. And when changjng the belt its not needed to time the belt. Once the truck was started it did with some difficulty but it startes making a knocking noice from a valve that goes from the spark plug#5. He says its the valve. I WISH it was not since he says that in order to change the valve .the head have t be removed. What you guys think. Is it the valve? Or could there be timing issue?

The belt was torn. Niw um trying to see where water was coming out. Water pumb looks clean the intake has all the corrosion. But looks in good shape. Im changing the intake to make sure.Its kind of rusted anyways. Im also replacing the thermostat. So now I think the reason it overheated in the first place was due to a bad thermostat.

Thanks all for your help. So I went back to check on the rotor. And found that it does not turn. Do you guys think its something wrong with the distributor, the.rotor itself or the timing belt? Do these models have a timing belt, or is it a chain?

is the cel on? Codes? Sorry I dont know much anout that, but if someone can shed some light, I can always learn and look into it. Im almost sure and hope its not the head gaskets, when the engine cranks, I can almost hear it wants to start, it will crank fast-slowe-slower-fast -slower. I've had headgaskets blown on another vehicle before and (correct me if im wrong) the cranking sounds pretty flat. So I guess my next step will be to check the distributor/coil/and rotor for now. But any additional pointers would be highly helpfull.

I went back to the basics and discovered no spark. But, can overheating an engine damage the current flow?

Sorry bout mispells, Im typing from a smartphone. The engine cranks sometimes for a second it sounds like it wants to start. I saw the water leaking from the water pump area.

95 pathy manual. Hi all, was wondering if someone can shed some light. After mynlocal shop "repaired" my water pump, I tought I was good to go,,later after seeing and gearing water steaming, i realized that the sensor was disconected and my local mechanic didnt do angood job fixingnor replacing the waternpump, so the engine overheated a couple of times, I never allowed get past 75% but, atbone instance I let the clutchnho too mucc ad I was pulling into my job's parking lot ramp. And the engine stopped. When I attempted to startbit back on. It didnt. U guys think I might blown the head gaskets or perhaps the timing belt jumped? I dont see water in oil or vise versa. Any Ideas or recomendations?

Can anyone give me a tip on how to check the 4wd indicator light. It was working properly but after a frame change its no longer working. The actual 4x4 seems to work fine. Thanks