I took the distributor back out, found TDC, which also had the timing mark on the pulley aligned with the 0 on the timing tab. I reset the distributor, and the truck started but ran pretty rough. I went out and turned the distributor slightly and it smoothed out considerably and the idle increased. When I put a timing light on it, it was at least 30 degrees beyond the timing tab. The miss is still there, and I fear the surging under load would be too.
There was a gentleman from this board that offered to help with the timing issue last year and he was from the Evansville, IN area. I REALLY need to find that guy and ask him for some help!
I remember his first name was Bill, but don't recall the last....I'll have to try to find his email address from our conversation.
