I've got a 88 ramcharger 5.2 someone brought me to work on. a 90 was my first car so I know a little about these. The engine will die when you put it in gear. I've narrowed it down to timing. When you put it in gear and give it gas, it surges and runs crappy.
During this surging with a timing light I can watch the mark jump past the 20 degree mark on the cover and come back.
I've turned the crank by hand back and forth and it seems the chain is fine. People are telling me the computer advances timing so it's either the computer or the distributor but a computer just sends signals to actuators.. If the rotor button is stationary (there's no mechanical or vacuum advance) then there's no way to change when the spark from the coil gets to the plug. It's going to always be the same. Am I missing something here?
During this surging with a timing light I can watch the mark jump past the 20 degree mark on the cover and come back.
I've turned the crank by hand back and forth and it seems the chain is fine. People are telling me the computer advances timing so it's either the computer or the distributor but a computer just sends signals to actuators.. If the rotor button is stationary (there's no mechanical or vacuum advance) then there's no way to change when the spark from the coil gets to the plug. It's going to always be the same. Am I missing something here?
