[Gregski]

so lets Summarize the Situation

the truck idles at 650 RPM at 13* BTDC with spark plugs re-gapped to .045

the vacuum needle dances around 16 Inches of Hugs, (even with the newer test gauge) with the vacuum advance canister hooked up, all the InterWebs tell me it's an ignition problem

the truck runs hot

and here's the kicker there is a clicking / ticking sound coming from god knows where in the engine, maybe the passenger side, I say kicker cause its the same darn sound the motor made before I did the top end swap, so how can it be the same lifter or rocker arm or what ever, even the timing set has been replaced, as was the water pump, the cam obviously, and the pushrods, I am so scratching my head on this one, I even used a stethoscope to listen for the sound and you can't hear it with the stethoscope its harder to hear it with it on than with it off

Frustration Level: Rising