69 skylark-out of time?

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travis

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I own a 1969 skylark, and have a question about timing. I recently took the car out for a drive, It ran fine for the first half, but, on the way home it would fall flat on it's face with any acceleration, it was popping and missing and generally running BAD. I stopped and opened the hood and noticed right away that the distributer cap had loosend up and seperated from the distributer! (Not completly off, the wires held it down somewhat) I and a friend towed it home due to the fact that it would not stay running, after replacing the cap and rotor, I finally got it to run but it still has no power under acceleration, and makes the same noises. Would the cap coming off like that mess the timing up enough to destroy valve train parts? or affect the points/condenser? I pulled a valve cover and everything seems to be in order, so I am a little perplexed at the moment. Any help anyone could give me would really be appreciated and thanks for your time!
 
I would remove the dist. and look for the shaft bushing being worn or the shaft sticking . Also check the advance sys. HTH
 
I purchased new cap and rotor, double checked my spark plug wire placement and fired it up, it just runs poorly, could something have been bumped out of adjustment, dwell angle of the points, vacuum advance, etc....Thanks for the info. You guy's have offered me!
 
If it was running well before the incident, a new cap and rotor should have fixed it. Perhaps there was some breakage of the cap and rotor and a piece fell down into the points damaging them, (could even still be there...). Did you pull the distributor as suggested? Before I did this, I would put a dwell tach on it and check the points and a timing light and check that along with the mechanical advance.

You should own a dwell tach and a timing light with an advance feature, excellent basic tools.

Good luck:thumbsup:
 
I have seen the dist. bushing wear out and seize up and the dist. will turn and change the timing ( Running bad - no power etc. the rotor will be off center and knock the dist cap off ) This would be the place to start with . J.M.2$
HTH:beers:
 
Thanks for all your information, you've got me on the right track. Thanks
 
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