Re: Non-start '83 CGT -- tips/shop rec?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <37DE78EE.ABBE54AA@cisco.com> Scott Fisher writes:

> Jim Haseltine made the similar, somewhat grim suggestion.  I haven't yet
> done the obvious test for that, which is to pop the hood and have my
> wife turn the key while I watch to see if the crank pulley is turning.
> Or the almost equally obvious thing, which is to remove the two 6mm
> Allen key bolts holding on the cam cover and see if the belt is intact.

The crank pulley test isn't conclusive on its own.

It isn't necessarily a 'grim' suggestion.  Nominally, and also
practically in my experience, it's a non-interference engine.  Given
that the event occured at idle and you didn't report horrible noises,
you have pretty good odds in your favour.

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