RT PERFORMANCE
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- Location
- Atlamta Ga.
- Vehicle Year
- 1989 Ranger & a
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3/ 306. ci
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- i dont say be carefull . why would i tell someone not to have fun?
Ok im hoping one of you guys can clear some confusion up i have on these. I have a 1990 2.3 5 spd ranger. and the exact same thing in a 1989. I have been chasing a no spark problem off and on for a few days in my 1990. the 89 was just bought for a clean shell. im building a drag truck out of that one. It has the same drive train as my 1990 so it was worth the 400 bucks I paid for it. Prior to getting the 89 i was sitting in a parking lot in my 1990 waiting for my buddy and the belt jumped a tooth. I lost 2 cylinders and that motor was discarded. I had a buddy just weeks before run his 91 mustang into the back of a pick up and that was that. so being the nice guy I am i bought him breakfast and informed him i need the motor from the mustang. Being as how he owed me money i was doing him a favor. He said the motor is worth more than the 50 bucks i owe you. I said maybe to you but not to me. Anyway, so back to no spark on my 1990 ranger. These are the questions i have. i have found no mention of alining the aux sprocket up when doing a timing belt on a 1990.. I assume its because as with the motor I pulled out of the 1990, the motor in the 1989 and the 1991 mustang motor that i put in the 1990 none of them have a connector of any type on top of the cam syc. sensor. when did they start using one. and how then do you syc one that has no connector after removing it and replacing it. I hope i was clear on this cuz I get different feed back from other sources. Rock auto shows the 90 to have one but not the 89. and shows one for the mustang but it is more like a distributor. Any clarity would be greatly appreciated. Thanx RT