About 6-12 months ago I replaced the points and plugs for my 235, set the gap on both, and had the engine running extremely smooth. A couple of weeks ago when I went home to work on the truck, the truck ran extremely rough. It's been sounding like the engine is not running on all cylinders, and at the same time the engine seems to be running extremely rich (pouring out clouds of fuel-smelling smoke) and having fuel problems. Thinking that it could still be a timing issue (since I never actually set the timing), I found that the coil was completely cracked and the wires were pretty crummy, so I replaced both. I also noticed that the #1 plug wire was on the front most side of the distributer (closest to the radiator) but was in the correct location on the cap itself in relation to the cap clips and in the correct firing order (too young, too old, just right
). I loosened the distributer and played around with the timing some, but the engine just doesn't seem to be running right. Any suggestions? What is the correct point gap for a 235? I do have a carb rebuild kit coming in a few days (the carb should be rebuilt anyways because of old gaskets and a quick-fix gasket sealing job) but does this sound more like fuel or electrical?
