[Alex Hayley]

68gmsee, those are exactly the instructions I followed last night. I had no problem getting the #1 to TDC and installing the distributor. However, the truck does not run properly until I have advanced the distributor from the stock 0 degrees mark on the timing tab to a point where the distributor mark is almost pointing straight up. Does that make sense...I had to reread what I just wrote so it made sense to me. To give you an idea of what it runs like at various timing points, it will start at 0 degrees but will stall within a few seconds. At 10 degrees it will run and idle but has NO power at all. From there I used a vacuum gauge to get it running "properly". What is confusing me is that TDC on #1 is also where the balancer mark lines up with the 0 degree timing tab mark. ???? Which leads me to believe the outer balancer ring has not slipped. Something else must be wrong. I have reached the extent of my knowledge at this point though.