Mike0013
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- 1987
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I just replaced the cylinder heads on my 87 Ranger 2.9L and now I am having some issues. This is my daily driver so I'd like to get this resolved as soon as I can. During reassembly of my engine, it took forever to get the engine started as I was having issues getting the distributor to the proper cam gear teeth. After I finally got that resolved, the engine would crank and crank but not fire. It cranks slower than before, but it has good compression, spark, and fuel, as well as the ignition timing being right where it's supposed to be. Almost seems like to much fuel as I smell fuel from the exhaust pipe after cranking for a very short time. I unplug the fuel pump relay and crank it with a remote starter and while having it being jumped with another vehicle and after a few moments, it starts to fire and run, at that time I quickly plug the fuel pump relay in and it runs fine. But as soon as I turn the engine off, it cranks slow again, and I have to do the whole unplug the relay thing again to get it to run. Anyone have any ideas on what I might try next to solve this? As I stated before, this is a daily driver, and I need to get it back on the road ASAP so no time for a different engine like the 4.0 or 302. I'm wondering if a larger CCA battery and a higher output ignition coil would help any. It has a stock coil and the battery is a Motorcraft 550 CCA. It does have a slightly hotter camshaft in it from before tho, but I'm not sure if that'd make a difference. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.