RobbieD
2.9l Mafia
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- 1984,1990,1994
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- Manual
- My credo
- Toonces drives a Ranger . . . . just not very well.
You're getting good advice, and franklin2 is describing a good way to do it, and why. You do need to find cylinder #1 TDC on its compression stroke. It helps to first clean up the timing marks on the crank pulley; find the 0 mark, and paint it or chalk it so that you can see it better. The "finger in the #1 spark plug hole" does work good.
Try to get a good look at the distributor hold down bolt; if it's the original bolt it may have a security-type head. If so you'll want to know ahead of time if you need to get a specialty socket (most have gotten replaced by now with regular hex bolts, though).
Try to get a good look at the distributor hold down bolt; if it's the original bolt it may have a security-type head. If so you'll want to know ahead of time if you need to get a specialty socket (most have gotten replaced by now with regular hex bolts, though).