Well, timing set is not brand new but is only a few months old and has next to no slack in it. Have a double roller set from cloyes with the three keyways on the crank gear. Have checked it all again and have it on the "0" keyway and the dots match up with the tdc on the dampner and the timing tab lining up now. Have dist. set on #1 so will try to get things all set from here and see how it wants to run now- well, will see once mother nature stops making things so soggy as my driveway is my "open- air auto shop". Thanks and will post back when find out results.