Well well! Finally got a few free hours yesterday and decided to work on the cruiser. From what I was told, it was drug in off the interstate, the guy I got it from tried to get it running and couldn't. He (and I) figured the timing gears were gone, common problem on the v6. It's showing about 75,000 so that seems about right. Pulled the cover and lo and behold, it has the metal gears and they are OK! What I did find was the cam gear bolt was broken, there is a dimple in the cover so the bolt could not fall out and even though the gear is loose it can't come off or get out of time. So, that leads me back to square one: why did it quit running? The bolt is broken off about a quarter inch back in the cam but it is loose. I got it to back out some but the threads are messed up at the end, not sure how bad. I have left-hand drill bits at work so I will bring them home and try to get it out and re-tap the threads. Once I get the gear bolted on I can oil the cylinders down and check for spark and compression. When I find the time to do it that is....! :lol:

Yea, most likely a pickup or module. I wish I knew what happened to it when it croaked because today I ran into another problem. I was sitting in the car and let the emer brake off with the trans in park and the car rolled off. I figured maybe they unhooked the linkage for some reason? Jacked it up and nope, linkage is hooked up and the trans is in park. That means the trans is junk. So, was it towed in because it quit running or because the trans puked? I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this v6/auto. I don't have any parts for a v6 but I've got plenty of stuff to put a hot 2.0 together with a 4 speed or maybe an AOD.

Sounds like they tried towing it with it in park. the stop could be Broken. Ad far as electrical goes, those gremlins and me dont get along. Ive got a few of my own to sort out.