<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Allstar55566 &#064; May 30 2006, 01&#58;07 AM) [snapback]54274[/snapback]</div>
ANYTHING off the dang motor&#33; motor does NOT run due to a stripped distributor gear.
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I just had to replace the distributor in my &#39;01 4.3L due to this same thing. 4 of the teeth on the distributor stripped off and the engine wouldn&#39;t start. I just replaced the distributor and prayed that the cam gears weren&#39;t stripped also. So far so good and that was about 10,000 miles ago.

Sorry, don&#39;t really want to buy anything, just thought I would relate that in case you were interested in fixing the motor.