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In December 2003 I asked the brickboard's help with my nephew's '87 244. It had stripped the teeth off a new timing belt. We set the crank, cam, and distributor gears correctly then installed another timing belt, but it wouldn't start. 15 months later I find out that he still hasn't disposed of the car or had it fixed. It was still sitting in the Salvation Army parking lot in Stevens Point, Wis. I towed it 400 miles to my house yesterday and started working on it today. I found that the reason we couldn't get it started was because it had sheared the pin that indexes the cam gear to the cam. New roll pin cost $1.13 at Borton's. I installed the pin, re-assembeled, and started the engine and the whole story became obvious. Oil was pouring out of the oil filter, which was punctured when the motor mount broke. My nephew didn't notice the broken motor mount, the oil pumped out of the crankcase, the cam siezed, shearing off the roll pin and teeth off the belt. New motor mount, oil filter and downshift cable (must have siezed during the 15 months it didn't run) and I'll have it back on the road. Thanks for all your help.
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