Are you SURE you had the motor at TDC when you began to set the timing?.

A truck with timing that has been retarded will start very easy.

 

Update??

 

Just a thought maybe some of your injectors are stuck open would explain the smoke.

 

Hey everybody, just thought that I would tell you all that indeed the timing was off!!! It was totally my fault!! First time I've timed one and I was soo hung up on getting the timing purfect that I didn't count the revolutions on the micrometer. Missed it by 1 revolution
It was off by .100 and set at .148 instead of .248. Thanks for all your help!!!!!!

 

glad you got er figured out!