Why does my 89 toyota 22r pickup run bad?

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I just did some work to it and it doesn't run as it should. I went to take off for work monday morning a week ago and i got 3 feet when it died in my driveway. Lucky me it happened in my driveway. After i asked a few people what to do i took off the valve cover to look at the timing chain, because the distributor rotor was not turning, as i turned the motor over. It was fine but i notice the distributor gear and the cam gear that turns the distributor was toast. I went ahead to pull out the distributor to fix the problem and broke the housing (it didn't want to come out so i tried to pry it). Anyways i found a replacement distributor and cam gear at a junk yard out of a running 86 22r pick up. The spark plug wires where included with the distributor, i needed to replace mine anyways (they came apart when i took them out). The new plug wires are from 2006 so i think they are fine, but didn't check them (they came out of a running truck). I put every thing back together with a new valve cover gasket,spark plugs, cap, rotor, air filter, used distributor, used spark plug wires. The timing chain was never moved while i change the distributor cam gear and i had my neighbor who is a professional mechanic help me set the timing and put in the distributor on the #1 pin. After i got it all together it started right up with no knocking or pinging. But i noticed it ran differently. after about a minute or 2 the idle slowed down and the motor stopped. i tried a several more times and it fires right up, but also hesitates on the start up sometimes and no change. I tried to adjust the distributor, up and down and got better results, but it still idles up and down like it wants to die. I tightend up the throttle cable ( i looked loose). It blows out black and white smoke when i step on the gas. It ran fine before the distributor gear decided to crap out. It starts up fine and runs pretty good for about a minute then runs like crap. What can i do? What could it be?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Fuel line maybe clogged?
Check the filter, cause it kinda sounds like it has gas, till it starts to use it, then can't keep the flow going fast enough.
 
Fuel line maybe clogged?
Check the filter, cause it kinda sounds like it has gas, till it starts to use it, then can't keep the flow going fast enough.
 
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