Someone PLEASE HELP me with this, i need to drive the car to get another repair

[ajay716]

if youre actually reading this, please respond with something helpful because im ready to bash my head against the wall...literally. i was driving the car today, it started to rain while i was with the wife eating. car sat outside in the rain for maybe 30 minutes, started up good and drove fine for about 3 minutes, then after coming to a slow, i got on the pedal and heard the loudest backfire i ever heard in my life, and the car then died....it will start back up but only for a second and wont stay running on its own. if i hold the gas i can get it to drive, but it misfires bad. im hoping that its something easy on top of the motor, but i feel like the timing chain may have jumped a tooth, and i need to drive the car to get a piece of the frame welded before it rots out on me literally. can someone please tell me the simplest things that could cause this? i mean i know check the dizzy and plugs and wires but can you guys just list everything you would check first and whats you think it is personally....please and thanks guys 

[A383Wing]

jumped chain or broken teeth off camshaft...bring #1 up to TDC and see where your rotor is pointing

[ottawamerc]

I think the rain is the biggest clue here. These cars were notorious for distributor cap issues if they got wet. I would atleast swap out the cap and rotor or spray WD40 in and around to remove any moisture. Hope this helps.
Scott

[b5blue]

Is that scoop on your hood open to the engine bay? (In you pic.) Could be just wet plug wire crossfire.

[A383Wing]

I didn't notice the scoop..my bad

[cudaken]

I as well would pull the Disturber Cap, give it a good cleaning and pull the wires from the cap and clean them and the terminals in the cap with a fine sand paper, 400 grit or finer. All so check the wires for burn spots.

Cuda Ken 

[ajay716]

soo you guys are going to kill me for this ha, i typed all this before i checked anything because the noise was so loud i thought it was serious like the timing chain...but it turned out it was just a broken rotor!  thank you so much to everyone that actually took the time to reply, it seems sometimes i dont get my questions answered at all. im happy its running fine and now i can go get the front leaf spring shackle welded. but its sunny today so ill be taking her to work. i love this car, thanks again guys 

[cudaken]

Glad it was something simple! 

[myk]

soo you guys are going to kill me for this ha, i typed all this before i checked anything because the noise was so loud i thought it was serious like the timing chain...but it turned out it was just a broken rotor!  thank you so much to everyone that actually took the time to reply, it seems sometimes i dont get my questions answered at all. im happy its running fine and now i can go get the front leaf spring shackle welded. but its sunny today so ill be taking her to work. i love this car, thanks again guys 

Don't feel bad, brother.  My Charger suddenly developed a mis-fire and I was convinced I needed a completely new drive-train.  Turns out one of my plug wires was melted to an exhaust manifold.  So yeah, live and learn!