Thanks Jim

Howdy there, been lurkin for a while. I'm on my second Astro,first was an 02 LT with 250000 miles before I traded, now I have another 02 LT with 130000 on it. Love these vans unfortunately a 150 mile trip towing my 21ft Marquis boat brought out some gremlins. So far I,ve replaced the timing chain an...

Yeah, too bad I got to wait 3-7 business days to get the distributor, no drivee the vanee.
Ready to get this thing right so I can clean it up and take some pictures to post.

Thanks y'all, I appreciate all the help. Going now to get some cleaner and rags and break out the Fluke. I have a new distributor on the way too.

I didn't think you could adjust timing on these.
The van is parked now,have it torn down finding all kinds of small issues that may be adding to the problem. I did find that the ear on the distributor that the cap screws to is broke off,only one screw holding the cap on can't be good.

Still have not figured it out, any ideas?

Yeah, showing PO300 and PO335.

New guy here having Astro troubles. Just replaced my timing set to cure a rattling noise, needed replacement but did not solve the problem. The engine makes a rattling noise at higher rpm before shifting into next gear and once I'm up to speed it will clunk as if it's misfiring or jumping time. I al...