Jahblah90
Newbie
Just went and checked the plugs on the coil. They are on the coil properly and are snapped in as is the coil to cap wire. This really blows.
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Sounds like timing is out or a bad ICM or coil
It is very easy to cross up everything when doing a tune up, LOL I have don it my self. When you put the engine on TDC, it needs to be on the compression stroke. The easy way to tell if its the compression stroke. is to pull the number 1 spark plug, and have someone spin the engine over while you put your finger or thumb over the spark plug hole, (not in the hole) while someone else spins the engine over. You can feel and even hear the compression coming out of the hole, then use the timing marks on the harmonic balancer fly wheel to get dead on TDC. It is easy to be on TDC and it not be the compression stroke. This would put the rotor 180 degrees out. It is easy to put the rotor on back words, but if you turn it over, you will see that there is a difference between the right and left side so that it will line up the rotor, and it sounds like you have found this out. As long as you haven't pulled the distributor it self, there is no real reason why the engine need to be as TDC on the compression stroke, to do a tune up though. It is also very easy to confuse where number one plug wire goes on the distributor cap. And a cheep cap, is the worse. A good cap should have a number one on it so that you know where to start putting the plug wires, to start wiring the FO. As for clock wise or counter clock wise, all you have to do is crank the engine with the distributor cap removed, and see what way the rotor turns. This is the direction that you follow to wire the plugs wires. If you are sure that the FO is correct, and it is going in the rite direction, then the number 1 may be in the wrong place. You may need to move the number 1 over one hold ether clock wise or counter clock wise. This will mean that all the wires will need to be moved over one hole in the same direction. This could be you hole problem. If your are off only one hole on the number 1 plug wire, and the FO is correct, the truck can run, but it won't run proper. It will do what you are describing.