Thread: engine has no power/torqe

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Bet the damper is not for that engine or the timing cover. If you have the LONG water pump you may be able to time it by looking behind the water pump. Or change the damper to one with the slot in the place for that timing tab. Somewhere in the early 90s (I think) They used to time them with a sencor behind the water pump. Which means you have the wrong timing chain cover on the engine.

OR, the damper has seperated and the outer ring has moved!

I worked on a 305 from around 90 the timing tab was on the cover but it was the wrong cover. the tab should have been on top dead center. He had a short water pump on the engine and I had no idea what was going on. The damper wanted to be almost top before it would run right. Did research and found the right cover and put on a long water pump THEN we could time it by looking down between pump and cover. If nothing else he could time it with a vac. gauge.

I remember now that I worked on a chubby van and you had to time it by looking down behind the water pump. What a B _ tch to get the tab clean and marked!

fuel presuare 6 to 9 stays that way up till it dies

put a vacum guage on it 18 on idle goes up to 20 and steady when i rev up stay that way till it hits the spot wher it starts dying goes down to zero and dies chocked mufflers??? thats what the manual for the guage says i will remove the exsaust and see what happends.