hey all.
i got the motor running. the starter problem was a misconnected ground wire

so i start it and i have a very rough idle (low). and absolutely NO pick up until i reach the last 500 or so rpm of my range for that gear.

i have not timed it perfectly yet and there may be some vaccuum hose misroutes. (does anyone have a vaccuum diagram for a 22r-e?)
so is that timing or should i be looking at fuel or something?

 

timing can cause no pwer. my truck ran with the cam gear not lined up with the crank and it ran, but sucked really bad

 

yes it was the timing, we just loosened the distributer and turned it a but and the idle moved up with it. crazy. i test drove it and it was instantly better. my truck runs 100 times better now that it did before the rebuild and with alot more power to. but i guess that is to be expected. just 2 really small leaks to find and take care of and the truck is good for another 10 years!

thanks to everyone who helped me out with this thing,