I have a 2000 ram 2500 4x4 5.9V8,it's backfiring and losing power up hills and stutters when speeding up.i have new plugs,alt., and fuel pump what could b the next thing to.

 

Read this.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...um-thread.html

 

What do i have to do to get to the spark plug wires and distributer.it looks like a pain.

 

Climb up on the engine.

 

Break out your arm with three elbows.

Yeah, it's a pain. What I do, is pull the air filter box off the top of the throttle body, and lay a piece of plywood across the radiator support, and throttle body, and lay on that to play with the stuff on the distributor. It isn't real comfortable, but, you can actually do what you need to do, and almost see what you are doing. Almost......

 

Ok.great i'll do that

 

Alright,i put a new dist.cap and wires on,but how in the heck do u get the rotater off of the center post.

 

It just pulls off. If it has been there a while, it can be reluctant to come off.

 

Yeah it was a pain so i just left it on.is there a way to pry it up

 

Long bar, and brace it against something you cant break.