geterdun
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A little confused, did you take the distributor out of the engine or the distributor vacumn advance off the distributor? If the distributor, line up your timing marks on the crankshaft pulley, then check location of rotor in the distributor. It should be pointing at the number one plug wire terminal in the cap or half a turn away. If not, the distributor is out of time.
Before that you have to get it to fire- no spark no run. Check all wires involved in the ignition circuit. Maybe something got unplugged? Is there voltage at the coil?
If changing the filter helped a little, does sound like the sock in the tank or the fuel pump itself. When you get it running again, you can try another fuel pump with the intake hose in a container of clean fuel. If this runs fine, then it is the sock or the pump. Connect the fuel pump (intake side) to the tank line. If it still runs great, pump in tank is bad. If runs badly again, sock in the tank is clogged.
After this has been done and no improvement, must be carb.
You have pulled and looked at the distributor cap, inside, checked continuity of plug wires, etc.?
Were the plugs oil fouled or corroded?
May need to check the compression.
Let us know.
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'90 B2600 extended w/ 4.3 automatic
'93 B2600 extended with carb and non computer distributor
'83 Yamaha Midnight Maxim-32,000 miles, second owner- got in '89 with 1742 miles.