Okay an update on the situation. first off the water pump i got from auto zone was to small on one side did not cover all of what it was suppose to and then i ended up putting the old one back on and no leaks. problem one solved now onto problem 2 which was the car not starting. i found out i did not have it in time so i re adjusted everything on the timing end of it and got it running. i also did a tune up on it and put in some ngks and brand new wires from auto zone and oil. though it would run even better because the before i did the tune up it was smoking when hard acceleration. But now that i have it running it wont stay running it acts like it want to stall out or something so i'm using my e brake to stop so i can hold the gas to keep it running. also one other thing is that the gap on the spark plugs was bigger that what was recommended could that be the culprit? Do i need to get a new distrubutor cap and rotor button or could it be off on time by a tooth? replies are welcome asap i manged to make it to work but i dont want to deal with that in atlanta traffic tonight.