Chugging, hard start, dies on acceleration... you tell me.

[NightFlyer]

Well gents, sometimes is the simple things in life that drive you crazy.

After hearing you guys discuss the vacuum solenoid and hearing about how easily the connector falls off - something clicked in my rusty old brain. I believe it was NightFlyer (again) that posted that picture of the solenoid (and fuel distributor adorned with rubber bullets) saying that the hoses and the power were disconnected.

I took a look this morning and confirmed my suspicions.

The power wasn't hooked up to the solenoid. And I don't think is has been since I did the tune up.
Go figure.

I drove her around a bit today and she runs, I would say, 90% better... there is still that lack of acceleration at wide open throttle - not that I'm driving it like a punk kid in a civic - but trying to go up steep hills still results in having to back off the gas just a tad bit to keep accelerating... I'm going to take a risk and drive her to work today, I'll let you guys know what, if anything, happens.

EDIT: Also thanks for everyone's help in trying to figure this out, you guys have been a great help so far.

Sounds promising so far

Yes, let us know how the drive today goes. And if possible, a video of any remaining issues would be great and could help us in narrowing it down for you.