i dont remember what all the cylinders were at but they were in spec. and when the number 1 cylinder is at tdc the rotor is pointing at the number 1 spark plug tower on the distributer soooo... doesnt that mean that the timing is ok

 

there is a notch in the dist housing that the rotor should be pointing at. I think there is also a 'bump', or 'dent' in the block, or manifold... that they need to be lined up with as well, but, I can't find that particular article at the moment.....

 

im about to just get a new motor this is rediculous lol

 

If you still have a mopar cam sensor(ignition module)hall effect(thingy under the cap with a pigtail). I hate that there is not 2 places that have the same name for a single part.......but anyway,the original one has a line molded into it with a marking of CYL 1. The starting point for setting the dist is putting the engine on TDC and then adjust the dist base so that the rotor is pointing right down that line. This is the starting point.

If you loosen the dist so that you can just barely turn it, you will feel the detent by turning it back and forth. To get it timed accurately,you have to have it sync'd.

But playing around with the injection timing can acctually improve performance quite a bit.

 

looking back through this post, did you have the dist out? Is it possible that you have it 180 deg. out .

This is easy to miss,because if you did the timing chain and had the marks lined up thinking that the motor should be on TD 1 you would be putting the dist in 180 deg. out.

 

no i never had the distributor out of the motor. Does this sound like it is a timing issue tho? would that somehow make exhaust come out the throttle body?

 

That would be more caused by a CAM timing issue. I.E. Timing chain. If it is sloppy enough, the chain can slip on the gears.....

 

Exhaust out of the tb on a 95 is normal if it isn't firing, thats your EGR recirculating exhaust fumes back into the intake manifold.

 

clogged

catalytic

converter

will

not

let

your

truck

start

and

allow

exhaust

out

the

TB.

 

there is no cat on this truck