Sharky146
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- Location
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger XLT
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hello everyone. I recently picked up a $500 1999 Ranger XLT 3.0L 2WD Automatic as a quarantine project. The engine was blown, so I picked up a good junkyard motor to swap in.
It’s my first engine swap, so I need a little help. I just put it in and started it up, however it runs ROUGH, but it does run. Doesn't really idle though. I had to keep a little throttle on it for it to continue running. It occurred to me that I did nothing with the timing on the new engine. Was I supposed to set a baseline timing setting before I tried to start the motor? If so, how do I do that? I hope I didn’t trash the motor by trying to start it without setting the timing.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
-Sharky146
It’s my first engine swap, so I need a little help. I just put it in and started it up, however it runs ROUGH, but it does run. Doesn't really idle though. I had to keep a little throttle on it for it to continue running. It occurred to me that I did nothing with the timing on the new engine. Was I supposed to set a baseline timing setting before I tried to start the motor? If so, how do I do that? I hope I didn’t trash the motor by trying to start it without setting the timing.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
-Sharky146
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