Very long story....found two cam followers loose under the pass. Side valve cover. The cam was severely chewed up as well as the followers had the surfaces of them worn almost all the way through. We replaced the cam and all the followers from a used source on the pass. Side only. We can no longer get the vehicle started. We also had some bad spark plugs in the cylinders that had lost the followers that we changed. The car was running before this was discovered...actually surprisingly well. We also had it running after the new cam and followers were installed. It seemed to run well until the engine was put into gear to back it out of the shop. Limped it off to the side until the next morning and now it will not start.

I think it possibly has some issues with spark plug wires but would like to see if the computer could tell us anything about the fuel system. It seems as if the throttle body area is leaking from somewhere but not sure where. I may put some regular spark plug wires on to see if this engine is even viable to put any more work into. It almost seems like it might be a lost cause. Spark plug wires are expensive and if the engine is toast, we don't want to spend any more time/$ on it. After the cam change, when we briefly had it running, I put my finger over the hose coming off the valve cover (pass. Side) and the motor stopped running. My friends seem to think that this means this motor is finished? I tend to agree, but wanted to try a few things first before condemning it.