Crank no start

[rusty ol ranger]

i watched a video bc i don’t have the timing light but i tried doing it without the light i got it to TDC on cylinder 1 compression stroke I line up the rotor with number one spark plug is on cap.I unplugged the spout.put it all back together and it still won’t start should i get a timing light for more accuracy?

You should be close enough as long as youre SURE #1 is on compression.

 

[preston5.9]

You should be close enough as long as youre SURE #1 is on compression.

Im sure it was.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I’ve had to move the distributor slightly one way or another to find the sweet spot to catch and run. It has to be running to use the timing light. It can really be a pain sometimes, I know I spent a couple days trying to get my one to run and I still don’t know what changed because all I did was hook up jumper cables when the battery ran down from trying to start and I still had a little time that day to mess with it. Not saying that will fix yours because it shouldn’t have done anything. I tore the motor partially apart, replaced the battery wires, cleaned grounds, re-set to TDC and re-set the distributor probably 20 times. It can certainly be frustrating at times.

 

[preston5.9]

I’ve had to move the distributor slightly one way or another to find the sweet spot to catch and run. It has to be running to use the timing light. It can really be a pain sometimes, I know I spent a couple days trying to get my one to run and I still don’t know what changed because all I did was hook up jumper cables when the battery ran down from trying to start and I still had a little time that day to mess with it. Not saying that will fix yours because it shouldn’t have done anything. I tore the motor partially apart, replaced the battery wires, cleaned grounds, re-set to TDC and re-set the distributor probably 20 times. It can certainly be frustrating at times.

OK. I will mess with the timing. But I recheck everything to see if I was missing anything because I’m really just completely lost with this truck. I realized when I was checking my spark it is orange and I read that it needs to be blue or white. So I put a new ignition coil on it. Still no fix spark is still orange? Could this be my problem? If so, what will I need to fix weak spark. Spark plugs are newish as well.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

OK. I will mess with the timing. But I recheck everything to see if I was missing anything because I’m really just completely lost with this truck. I realized when I was checking my spark it is orange and I read that it needs to be blue or white. So I put a new ignition coil on it. Still no fix spark is still orange? Could this be my problem? If so, what will I need to fix weak spark. Spark plugs are newish as well.

Check your connections at the coil plug. The wires like to corrode/break inside the plug