Finally the good news!!! I turned it to TDC of #1 didnt even look at the distributor just pulled it out because i could tell it was off by at least a tooth or more. I lined up the hole in the gear with the paint line on the dist body which if you look at the rotor it is off the mark which just allows for the spiral of the gear. Then when u plop that puppy in there the rotor points directly to the little tab with the #8 marked in it which according to the link thats dead nuts. Threw her all back together and she purred like a kitten. Took a couple key cycles for the check engine light to go out but no big deal. And even better theres no more skip so the gear was DEFINATELY the problem.... who would have thought. Thanks to everybody especially DennisTA15 for the help. The truck is just too damn smart for its own good it feels like! lol Anyways heres the link hope it helps somebody in the future!
http://www.monodax.com/forums/tunerc...1345-code.html