What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Last night I went out to the supermarket for groceries. The 292 L6 in my '68 C/10 started right up, and the engine was fine on the three mile run. After I got out of the store, it wouldn't start.
Gas gauge read 1/4 tank. Not empty, but I added the 5 gallons from the jerry can in the back, in case it was a fuel problem.
No start.
So I opened the hood and pulled off the HEI Distributor cap. [I was going to change out the Module in case it was burned out.] Aha! the Rotor was loose. Both screws had backed off and it was at a slight tilt. So I screwed the Rotor back on proper and tried again.
No start.
OK, I'd better try that glovebox Module. Meanwhile, searching in the crossbed toolbox, I found a NIB Rotor and an old Distributor cap. The old cap was worse than the new one.
I put the emergency Module in -- I didn't have any fresh White Heat Sink Paste, but there was a prodigeous amount under the bad module, so I put it in dry. The new Rotor went in, then the cap, and I reconnected the Plug lead back onto Sparkplug #1.
It did start, then sputtered and died.
I was unable to get the engine to keep running. Just a few seconds on it sputtered out, dead. Choke had no effect.
So I called a Tow truck. And we got it home after a couple of hours.
Distributor is the Remote Coil type.
The bad Module tested Bad at AutoZone. Got a new one under a Lifetime Warranty.
The Rotor had a Life Warranty at O'Reilly's, so I have a Cap and Rotor on order from them. The counter woman at O'Reilly's said they couldn't test the Module there. They'd taken away the test machine, she said.
[She lied. it's still there.]

You had quite an evening. I'll bet you're glad this happened in the stepside instead of the Jimmy. I envy the easy access to the distributor.