1992 Mazda 929 will not run.

Timing belts??? Are you sure your not looking at the alt. p/s and a/c belts? HAve you had the timing belt changed? If you want ot know if the timing belt is still attached, remove the dist. cap and crank the engine over, if the rotor doesn't turn you've got a t-belt problem. If it does turn you might have a dist. problem.

cosmo..Mazda tech

[quote:0242ae0926="Cosmo"]Timing belts??? Are you sure your not looking at the alt. p/s and a/c belts? HAve you had the timing belt changed? If you want ot know if the timing belt is still attached, remove the dist. cap and crank the engine over, if the rotor doesn't turn you've got a t-belt problem. If it does turn you might have a dist. problem.

cosmo..Mazda tech[/quote:0242ae0926]

I'll give it a shot. I actually had a repair person remove the DOHC covers to inspect the timing belts...he said they were ok. He also said it would cost a minimum of $2,000 to troubleshoot and repair whatever problem there is.
Thanks, again...Pat

Well there is a good chance that you have had a distributor failure.

Cosmo...Mazda Tech

Thanks,
I'll pick a distributor up today to check it out. Since it hasn't been started since last July, any thoughts on what I should do to minimize any startup friction to this dry engine?
Please advise,
Thanks,
Pat

All you need to do before cranking that dry motor is pull out each spark plug and put a few drops of oil into the hole. A teaspoon's worth should be plenty. This will lubricate your cylinder walls in the combustion chamber enough to minimize wear should there be any corosion on the cylinder walls. You will, of course, get a bit of blue smoke after starting, but it will quickly disipate.