Chrysler Repair: 92 lebaron died while driving/wont restart, timing belts, postage stamps

Question
hi Roland, I got your last answer & went out to check for a timing belt problem. I took the distributor cap off & had my wife try to start it.  As usual the car cranked over but did not start. I looked at the rotor and it never moved. I took he oil cap off and had her try and start it and nothing moved inside there either.  So I guess the timing belt broke.  Is that hard to change?  If I change the timing belt I guess I should change the water pump at the same time.  When these lebaron timing belts break, does it destroy the engine? (I heard that happens with some engines)  Will I have to do a lot of calibrating of top dead center(ect) or would I just be able to slip a new timing belt on? Would a broken timing belt cause all the syptoms I have, or could there be more wrong with it?   By the way, thank you for your help and patience.

Answer
Hi Jim,
The engine is not damaged, just needs a new belt. It is a multi-step procedure for which it would be good to have a repair manual that cover that engine, such as the Haynes 25030 or a Chrysler corporate manual front wheel drive in the same time period. I can xerox and postal mail you the pages from either manual if you like. Then after you get the pages you can send me some postage stamps to cover the copying and postal stamp. You do need to remove a few parts and support the engine when you separate the engine mount on the right side so as to get the new belt on, but if you have a reasonable set of tools it is duable. It would explain the shut down for no reason that began the history and probably everything else because the distributor is what controls the timing of the spark, etc.  Let me know a postal mail address if you want the pages. Then you can decide whether to go forward with it.
You are welcome. I am sorry to not have thought about the timing belt early-on. It is a bit surprising that a code 11 or 54 code didn't show up as those would have told us that there was something awry with the distributor or its drive belt.
Roland