Hi,
Sorry for the long post.
My waterpump developed a leak from the weephole so I changed out the water pump. It immediately started pukeing coolant from the driver side intake manifold gasket. I pulled the intake and changed out the gaskets.
I've put it all back together and it starts but idles very rough . It'll pick up RPMS but if I put it in gear and try to move it it pings like mad and dies.
It cools fine now and doesn't leak any water.
I'm 99% certain I got all vacum lines and electrical connections hooked back up properly.
I rented an ODBII scanner and it reported P300, random misfires.
My timing procedure was this...
1 - pull #1 spark plug2 -rotate engine with socket on crank till compression is felt in #1 cylinder.
3 - continue rotating engine till mark on harmonic balancer aligns with timeing mark on chain cover.4 - line up dimple on distributer shaft with white line.
5 - rotate oil pump drive shaft with screw driver.6 - test rotor pointing at the 8 on the distributer housing.
7 - repeat steps 4,5,6 many times until rotor is pointed exactly at 8.8 - Cuss a lot from all the bruised nuckles from the socket slipping off the crank while one finger is shoved in #1 Cyl.
Did I miss some obvious pertinant step?!?
Any other causes of the horrible running/pinging besides timing?
Thanks Rusty