you sir/ma’am are a great help i will be doing all of the suggestions and taking notes and photos, i will add an update when i finish or if i need more advice, as always thank you i appreciate everything
so i read all the replies and yeah in hindsight should’ve done a compression test, yes i’m a young’n yes a 77 dodge van is great first vehicle maybe one with a better motor but besides the point, i’ve taken the valve covers off and on both sides done a very basic inspection of everything besides...
it’s my first vehicle and i only got it no more than two weeks ago, and i replaced all the bad parts that i was aware of, there still a couple of leaks i have to find and do but she was running she still is but very rough, she’s starting dying out on hill and taking a lot of fuel and quick start...