skinner
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- Aug 27, 2007
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- Age
- 38
- Location
- Louisville, KY
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
My boss has an 84 lincoln towncar/5.0. Told me it just died one day, wouldnt start but kept backfiring through throttle body. Naturally figured timing chain had slipped so ripped it apart and sure enough, wasn't dot to dot or even close. Installed new gears + chain, dot to dot aligned. No go. Replaced all plugs and cap/rotor. Getting spark, timing is unchanged, getting plenty of fuel. Problem is, it still won't run correctly. I was told an engine should run fine with the timing cover/water pump/fan/balancer off...is this true(for a few seconds at least)? I could get it running on its own just barely, but even then it ended in nasty backfires and plumes of smoke out the top and sounded horrible. I keep wanting to think that the timing is off, but by looking at the rotor in perspective to the crank gear, it looks about right. Any other ideas of where I can go from here? Must it be reassembled to run right? Sorry this may be in wrong section, but i'm getting desperate for ideas here.